Kenny Garrett

Kenny Garrett (born October 9, 1960) is a Grammy Award-winning American post-bop jazz saxophonist and flautist who gained recognition in his youth as a member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra and of Miles Davis's band. Since then, he has pursued a solo care. 

Garrett is best known in many circles for the five years he spent playing with Miles Davis during Davis's electric period, and has stated that he has become accustomed to this association:

Garrett's own career as a saxophonist took off when he joined the Duke Ellington Orchestra in 1978,[1] then led by Duke's son, Mercer Ellington. A few years later he performed 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 label, and beginning with Black Hope, in 1992, he has continued to record with them. Among his recordings on Warner Bros. are Pursuance: The Music of John Coltrane, recorded in 1996, and Songbook, his first album made up entirely of his own compositions, recorded in 1997 and nominated for a Grammy Award.

During his career, Garrett has performed and recorded with many jazz greats such as Miles Davis, Art Blakey, Joe Henderson, Brad Mehldau, Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw, McCoy Tyner, Pharoah Sanders, Brian Blade, Marcus Miller, Chick Corea, John McLaughlin, Herbie Hancock, Bobby Hutcherson, Ron Carter, Elvin Jones, and Mulgrew Miller. Garrett's music sometimes exhibits Asian influences, an aspect which is especially prevalent in his 2006 Grammy-nominated recording, Beyond the Wall.

I was in Miles' band for about five years. I think that tag will always be there. That is five years of my life. That's the only musical situation that I was there longer than a year. It was a good five years. I have gotten used to that. Some people became aware of me through Miles and then they would come to my concerts. I think that is part of my history and I am proud of that. I am still trying to carve out my own name and my own music. I just look at it as a part of history and it is going to be there. Every time they mention Kenny Garrett, there will probably be some association with Miles Davis, but at the same time, when they mention Herbie Hancock, they always mention Miles Davis, or Wayne Shorter. You get used to it after a while. (allaboutjazz.com)

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Дискография Кенни Гаррета

As leader

• Introducing Kenny Garrett, 1984 (Criss Cross)
• 5 Paddle Wheel, 1988
• Prisoner of Love, 1989 (Atlantic)
• African Exchange Student, 1990 (Atlantic)
• Black Hope, 1992 (Warner Bros.)
• Triology, 1995 (Warner Bros.)
• Stars & Stripes Live, 1995
• Pursuance: The Music of John Coltrane, 1996 (Warner Bros.)
• Songbook, 1997 (Warner Bros.)
• Simply Said, 1999 (Warner Bros.)
• Old Folks, 2001
• Birds of a Feather: A Tribute to Charlie Parker, 2001
• Happy People, 2002 (Warner Bros.)
• Standard of Language, 2003 (Warner Bros.)
• Beyond the Wall, 2006 (Nonesuch)
• Sketches of MD – Live at the Iridium, 2008 (Mack Avenue)
• Seeds from the Underground, 2012 (Mack Avenue)
• Pushing the World Away, 2013 (Mack Avenue)
• Do Your Dance!, 2016 (Mack Avenue)

As sideman

With Geri Allen

• The Nurturer (Blue Note, 1991)

With Art Blakey

• Feeling Good (Delos, 1986)

With Miles Davis

• Amandla (1989)
• Miles & Quincy Live at Montreux (1991)
• Live Around the World (1996)

With Marcus Miller

• The Sun Don't Lie (1993)
• Tales (1995)
• Live & More (1998)
• M² (2001)
• Panther/Live (2004)

With Mulgrew Miller

• Hand in Hand (1992)

With Woody Shaw

• Solid (Muse, 1986)

With Cedar Walton

• Cedar Walton Plays (Delos, 1986)

Награды и номинации

• 1996     Won     DownBeat Readers Poll     Alto Saxophone
• 1997     Won     DownBeat Readers Poll     Alto Saxophone    
• 1997     Won     DownBeat Readers Poll     Jazz Album of the Year    Pursuance: The Music of John Coltrane
• 1997     Nominated     Grammy Award     Best Jazz Instrumental Performance    Songbook
• 1998     Won     DownBeat Readers Poll     Alto Saxophone   
• 1999     Won     DownBeat Readers Poll     Alto Saxophone  
• 2006     Nominated     Grammy Award     Best Jazz Instrumental Album     Beyond the Wall
• 2009     Won     DownBeat Readers Poll     Alto Saxophone   
• 2010     Won     DownBeat Readers Poll     Alto Saxophone   
• 2010     Won     Grammy Award     Best Jazz Instrumental Album     Five Peace Band - Live
• 2012     Nominated     Grammy Award     Best Jazz Instrumental Album     Seeds from the Underground
• 2012     Nominated     Grammy Award     Best Improvised Jazz Solo     "J. Mac"
• 2012     Nominated     NAACP Image Award     Outstanding Jazz Album     Seeds from the Underground
• 2012     Nominated     Soul Train Award     Best Traditional Jazz Artist/Group     Seeds from the Underground
• 2012     Nominated     Jazz Awards     Alto Saxophonist of the Year     
• 2012     Won     Echo Award     Saxophonist of the Year     
• 2012     Won     DownBeat Readers Poll     Alto Saxophone 
• 2013     Won     DownBeat Readers Poll     Alto Saxophone   
• 2013     Nominated     Grammy Award     Best Jazz Instrumental Album     Pushing the World Away

Kenny Garrett выступил на 20-летии Клуба Игоря Бутмана

Kenny Garrett в Московском Доме Музыки

Jimmy Heath / Джимми Хит

Maria Art / Мария Артеменко

Wayne Shorter / Уэйн Шортер

Алексей Марков

Джазовый оркестр Концертгебау

Joe Henderson / Джо Хендерсон

The Jazz Messengers

Art Pepper / Арт Пеппер

Rahsaan Roland Kirk / Рахсаан Роланд Кирк