Artist
Kenny Garrett
Kenny Garrett is a jazz artist from American formed in 1960. 22 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Jazz · American · Best jazz albums
- 22
- Releases
- 1985–2024
- Active years
- 1960
- Formed
Artist
Kenny Garrett is a jazz artist from American formed in 1960. 22 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Jazz · American · Best jazz albums
Most popular
Songbook
1997 · 10 tracks
Happy People
2002
Pursuance: The Music of John Coltrane
1996
Beyond the Wall
2006
Triology
1995
Simply Said
1999
African Exchange Student
1990
Black Hope
1992
Sounds From the Ancestors
2021
Pushing the World Away
2013
Seeds From the Underground
2012
Who Killed AI?
2024
A Song I Thought I Heard Buddy Sing (feat. Kenny Garrett, Julian Priester, Bill Frisell, Robben Ford & Anthony Cox)
2015
No Parking Tow Away Zone
2014
Sketches of MD - Live at the Iridium
2008
Standard of Language
2003
Old Folks
1999
Prisoner of Love
1989
Garrett 5
1989
Introducing Kenny Garrett
1985
Kenny Garrett
Akra Antalya
Antalya, Turkey
Kenny Garrett (born October 9, 1960) is a Grammy Award-winning American post bop jazz saxophonist and flautist who gained fame in his youth as a member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra and of Miles Davis's band. He has since pursued a successful solo career and has been described as "...The most important alto saxophonist of his generation" by Washington City Paper and "...One of the most admired alto saxophonists in jazz after Charlie Parker" by The New York Times. Kenny Garrett was born in Detroit, Michigan, on October 9, 1960; he is a 1978 graduate of Mackenzie High School. His father was a carpenter who played tenor saxophone as a hobby. Garrett's own career as a saxophonist took off when he joined the Duke Ellington Orchestra in 1978, then led by Duke's son, Mercer Ellington. Three years later he played in the Mel Lewis Orchestra, playing the music of Thad Jones, and also the Dannie Richmond Quartet, focusing on Charles Mingus's music. In 1984, he recorded his first album as a bandleader, Introducing Kenny Garrett, on the CrissCross label. He then recorded two albums with Atlantic Records: Prisoner of Love and African Exchange Student. Garrett signed to the Warner Bros. Records…
