Kenny Garrett
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Kenny Garrett (* 9. October 1960 in Detroit ) is an American jazz - saxophonist .
Live and act
Garrett grew up with jazz music - his father played the tenor saxophone - and learned to play the saxophone as a child; his instrument is the alto saxophone . During a guest appearance he was hired by the Duke Ellington Orchestra as a substitute saxophonist, and was then a member of the orchestra for three and a half years. In 1982 he went to New York City . There he played in bands under Freddie Hubbard and Woody Shaw and with Art Blakeys Jazz Messengers . He became internationally known through the 1989 and 1990 albums Amandla and Dingo , which he recorded with trumpeter Miles Davis . A number of his own albums were subsequently released. He worked with the guitarists Pat Metheny and John Scofield , with the pianists Mulgrew Miller and Cornelius Claudio Kreusch as well as with the bassist Charnett Moffett , with rock musicians like Sting , Peter Gabriel and Bruce Springsteen and the rapper Guru . In the field of jazz, he was involved in 202 recording sessions between 1981 and 2016, according to Tom Lord .
In 1997, 2007 and 2012 he was nominated for a Grammy . 1996 to 1999, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2014 he won the Down Beat readers poll in the alto saxophone category and in 1997 the readers poll for Pursuance as Jazz Album of the Year.
Kenny Garrett was the curator of the New German Jazz Prize on March 13-14. March 2015 in Mannheim .
Discography
Albums under your own name
- Introducing Kenny Garrett ( Criss Cross , 1984)
- Garrett 5 (Paddle Wheel / Bellaphon , 1984)
- Prisoner of Love ( Atlantic , 1989)
- African Exchange Student (Atlantic, 1990)
- Black Hope ( Warner , 1992)
- Triology (Warner, 1995)
- Pursuance: The Music of John Coltrane (Warner, 1996)
- Songbook (Warner, 1997)
- Simply Said (Warner, 1999)
- Happy People (Warner, 2002)
- Standard of Language (Warner, 2003)
- Beyond the Wall (Warner, 2006)
- Sketches of MD - Live at the Iridium (Mack Avenue, 2008)
- Pushing the World Away (Mack Avenue, 2013)
- Do your dance! (Mack Avenue, 2016)
As an accompanying musician
- Roy Haynes : Birds of a Feather: A Tribute to Charlie Parker (Dreyfus, 2001)
- Cornelius Claudio Kreusch : Black Mud Sound (enja, 1994)
Web links
- Kenny Garrett at Allmusic (English)
- Kenny Garrett at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Garrett, Kenny |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz saxophonist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 9, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Detroit |