Kenny Garrett
NEA Jazz Master, GRAMMY® Award-Winner & 8x-GRAMMY® Award Nominated Saxophonist & Composer KENNY GARRETT and his Acclaimed Quartet come to the New Orleans Jazz & Blues Market on Saturday May 2 at 7 & 9:30 P.M. “One of the most admired alto saxophonists in jazz after Charlie Parker,” states the NEW YORK TIMES.
“Ultimately, ‘Sounds from the Ancestors’ amounts to another major work from Garrett; it easily stands with his — and the year’s — finest albums.”
— ALL MUSIC (2021 Album Review ‘Sounds from the Ancestors’)
“An extraordinary performance”
— DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE (2021 Album Review ‘Sounds from the Ancestors’)
“Kenny Garrett is one of the most respected and frequently imitated saxophonists in the jazz world”
— ALL ABOUT JAZZ
“His alto saxophone sound is intense and passionate”
— JAZZ TIMES
Tickets for the New Orleans Jazz & Blues Market Shows can be found at: https://jazzandbluesmarket.com/music-schedule/
New Orleans Jazz & Blues Market offers World-Renowned & Award-Winning Musicians, New Premium Sound & Lighting Technologies, Signature Cocktails & Drinks, Private Valet Parking, as well as Legendary Live Performances, and Outstanding Memorable Experiences!
Garrett won the 2022 Downbeat Critic’s Poll “Alto Saxophonist of the Year”
Garrett was awarded the 2021 Jazz Journalist Association “Album of the Year” (‘Sounds from the Ancestors’)
NEA Jazz Master, GRAMMY® Award-Winner & 8x-GRAMMY® Award Nominated Saxophonist & Composer KENNY GARRETT’s illustrious career includes hallmark stints with Miles Davis, Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers, Donald Byrd, Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw and the Duke Ellington Orchestra, as well as a heralded career as a solo artist that began more than 30 years ago.
Kenny Garrett has 7 GRAMMY® Award Nominations for “Best Instrumental Jazz Album” – winning the Award in 2009 for ‘Five Piece Band Live’. Garret has recorded 5 albums with Miles Davis, 3 albums with Chick Corea, 3 albums with Freddie Hubbard, 2 albums with Donald Byrd, 2 albums with Roy Haynes, 6 albums with Marcus Miller, as well as albums with Christian McBride, Terrence Blanchard, Sting, Q-Tip, John Scofield, and countless others. Garret has released 17 acclaimed albums as a Leader or Co-Leader with 12 of those albums reaching the Top 20 on Billboard’s Jazz Album Chart.
Garrett is easily recognized as one of modern jazz’s brightest and most influential living masters and he shows no signs of resting on his laurels as he continues to receive critical acclaim for his current work. Kenny Garrett’s latest release, ‘Sounds from the Ancestors’ (2021), is a multi-faceted album which was named one of the Top 50 albums of 2021 by NPR and was selected as the 2021 Jazz Journalist Association “Album of the Year”. Downbeat Magazine called Garrett’s work on the album “an extraordinary performance.”
Tickets for NEA Jazz Master, GRAMMY® Award-Winner & 8x-GRAMMY® Award Nominated Saxophonist & Composer KENNY GARRETT at the New Orleans Jazz & Blues Market on Saturday May 2 at 7 & 9:30 P.M. are NOW On-Sale on Ticketmaster, Facebook Events at: https://www.facebook.com/share/1FkXnqSxEa/ (7 PM) and https://www.facebook.com/share/1BzytJqm9r/ (9:30 PM) and the New Orleans Jazz & Blues Market Website at: https://jazzandbluesmarket.com/music-schedule/list/?tribe-bar-search=Kenny+Garrett – Doors Open 2 Hours before the 1st Show and 1 hour before the 2nd Show!!
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