Kenny garrett songbook
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Pushing the World Away (Mack Avenue, 2013).Seeds from the Underground (Mack Avenue, 2012).Sketches of MD: Live at the Iridium ( Mack Avenue, 2008).Standard of Language (Warner Bros., 2003).Pursuance: The Music of John Coltrane (Warner Bros., 1996).African Exchange Student (Atlantic, 1990).Garrett 5 ( Paddle Wheel, 1989) - recorded in 1988.Introducing Kenny Garrett ( Criss Cross, 1985) - recorded in 1984.Garrett was described as "The most important alto saxophonist of his generation" by the Washington City Paper and "One of the most admired alto saxophonists in jazz after Charlie Parker" by The New York Times. 2011: Honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee College of Music, Commencement Speaker.Garrett has been a resident of Glen Ridge, New Jersey. Garrett's Pushing the World Away album received a Grammy nomination in the Best Jazz Instrumental Album category in 2013. In 2013, Garrett won an Echo Award in the Saxophonist of the Year category. Also in 2012, Grammy nominations for Seeds from the Underground followed in the Best Jazz Instrumental Album and Best Improvised Jazz Solo categories, and Seeds From The Underground received a NAACP Image Award nomination in the Outstanding Jazz Album category. In 2012, Garrett received a Soul Train Award nomination for his 2012 studio album Seeds from the Underground in the Best Traditional Jazz Artist/Group category. Garrett also was the Commencement Speaker for graduates. In 2011, Garrett was presented with an Honorary Doctorate in Music from Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts. The CD Five Peace Band – Live won a Grammy Award in 2010. Garrett joined the " Five Peace Band" of Chick Corea, John McLaughlin, Christian McBride and Brian Blade/ Vinnie Colaiuta around 2008. Ĭhristian McBride, John McLaughlin, Vinnie Colaiuta and Garrett in 2008 Garrett's music sometimes exhibits Asian influences, an aspect which is especially prevalent in his 2006 Grammy-nominated recording Beyond the Wall.
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Records label, and beginning with Black Hope, in 1992, he recorded eight albums for them. In 1986, Garrett became a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. In the year, he became the founding member of Out of the Blue which was produced by Blue Note Records. In 1984, Garrett recorded his first album as a bandleader, Introducing Kenny Garrett, on the CrissCross label. Garrett also played and recorded with Art Blakey, Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard, and Woody Shaw before developing his career as a leader. Garrett's own career as a saxophonist took off when he joined the Duke Ellington Orchestra, under the leadership of Mercer Ellington, in 1978. His father was a carpenter who played tenor saxophone as a hobby. Garrett also pays tribute to Woody Shaw with "Wooden Steps."Ġ9.Kenny Garrett was born in Detroit, Michigan, on October 9, 1960. Baja" and "Brother Hubbard," and Garrett simply sounds like a true master. The band stretches out luxuriously in the Miles Davis tribute "Before It's Time to Say Goodbye," this first recording of Garrett's perennial in-concert crowd pleaser "Sing a Song of Song," "Ms. Always inventive, curious, daring, and exuberant, Garrett's Songbook proves him worthy of the alto legacy that most people (both fans and musicians) seem to agree he carries, as he demonstrates what sounds like the uncanny ability to play two-faced - one face looking forward to the freshness of new concepts and creations as yet undiscovered, yet with another face which simultaneously looks back to the fine, fierce alto tradition of Phil Woods and Charlie Parker.
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Songbook is the first release by alto saxophonist Kenny Garrett to feature his frequent touring quartet - pianist Kenny Kirkland, drummer Jeff "Tain" Watts and bassist Nat Reeves - on a program that consists entirely of Garrett's own compositions. cue,log) Total Time: 00:59:38 Total Size: 395 mb (+5%rec.) WebSite: Album Preview Artist: Kenny Garrett Title: Songbook Year Of Release: 1997 Label: Warner Bros.