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Kenny Garrett: Beyond the Wall

Read "Beyond the Wall" reviewed by Troy Collins


Alto saxophonist Kenny Garrett's first recording for Nonesuch, a concept album inspired by a recent trip to China, finds him in the company of an all-star ensemble. A phenomenally gifted soloist with a singular tone and instantly identifiable phrasing, he has walked a fine line between mainstream jazz and more popular forms in the recent past. ...

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Article: Wide Open Jazz and Beyond

Kenny Garrett

Read "Kenny Garrett" reviewed by Peter Madsen


Greetings to all of you Wide-Open Jazz and Beyond readers. I've just returned from a one month European tour with the great funk trombonist Fred Wesley of James Brown fame (who I'll write about in a future article). We played many of the summer festivals including the world-famous Montreaux Jazz Festival. As I was roaming the ...

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Standard Of Language

Label: Warner Music Group
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. what is this thing called love 2. kurita sensei 3. xyz 4. native tongue 5. chief blackwater 6. doc tone's short speech 7. just a second to catch my breath 8. gendai 9. standard of language I II III

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Kenny Garrett: Standard of Language

Read "Standard of Language" reviewed by Riel Lazarus


The glowing reviews have already begun to pour in for saxophonist Kenny Garrett's newest release, Standard of Language - a recording of substantial quality, and a reaffirmation of Garrett's place among the best in jazz today. But as good as Garrett may be, it's the collective power of the ensemble that's most significant here. With pianist ...

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Kenny Garrett: Standard of Language

Read "Standard of Language" reviewed by James Taylor


On Standard of Language, alto saxophonist Kenny Garrett explores every popular trend in jazz, covering the last fifty years of the genre’s history. From free jazz to soft and all the bop in between, Garrett’s fourth Warner Bros. release shows why he is loved by jazz-heads everywhere, from the Philharmonic to Philly’s south-side.

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Kenny Garrett: Standard of Language

Read "Standard of Language" reviewed by AAJ Staff


If vigorous jazz leaves you faint, Kenny Garrett's eighth Warner album, Standard of Language, will knock you out cold. It is intense and unrelenting in its goal of cutting a new edge on the traditions that have shaped Garrett's mastery of the saxophone. It is clear from the opening technical interplay between drums and ...

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Article: Interview

A Fireside Chat with Kenny Garrett

Read "A Fireside Chat with Kenny Garrett" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Once upon a time, Miles Davis recorded Live Around the World, including a catchy version of 'Human Nature.' An unknown Kenny Garrett, all of twenty-eight at the time, was featured on alto. Garrett didn't remain unknown long, recording Introducing Kenny Garrett with Woody Shaw and becoming 'the' alto player with a trio of critically acclaimed releases, ...

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Happy People

Label: Warner Music Group
Released: 2002
Track listing: Song For DiFang, Happy People, Tango In 6, Ain't Nothing But The Blues, Song #8, Halima's Story, Monk-ing Around, A Hole in One, Thessalonika, Asian Medley, Brother B. Harper

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Kenny Garrett: Happy People

Read "Happy People" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan


Just going over the press material for this album, I got the distinct impression that there was a pretentious sense of crossover appeal in the mix with verbiage that in effect claimed Garrett was trying to bridge the gap between jazz, hip hop, and world music. As for the music itself, let's just say that too ...

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Old Folks

Label: Blue Note
Released: 1999


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