Tenor saxophonist and bandleader Grant Stewart was born in Toronto, Canada, on June 4, 1971, and moved to New York City at the age of nineteen. He studied with Donald Byrd and Barry Harris. He has performed or recorded with many artists, including Jimmy Cobb, Harold Mabern, Louis Hayes, Curtis Fuller, Renee Fleming, Clark Terry, Bob Mover, Etta Jones, Bill Charlap, Lewis Nash, Peter Washington, Brad Mehldau, Russell Malone, Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein, Harry Connick, Mickey Roker, Jimmy Lovelace, Cecil Payne, Dick Hyman, Herb Geller and Al Grey.