Alexander Stewart Quartet feat. Denys Baptiste

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Just 22 years of age, singer Alexander Stewart is already creating a buzz as one of the most precociously talented vocalists of the new generation. With a voice rooted in Connick and Sinatra – and with a touch of the Kurt Elling rasp – Stewart avoids being a nostalgia act by a judiciously off-beat choice of material and a decidedly contemporary energy level.

As well as clever re-arrangements of standards, he translates the occasional pop song into jazz and adds some originals, including songs by pianist Alex Webb. Stewart performs with Webb, acclaimed bassist Gary Crosby and Andy Chapman on drums.

For this Vortex appearance, Alexander will be joined by one of Britain's tenor sax titans, Denys Baptiste.

'This is a voice people will want to hear' (London Jazz blog).