Grammy Award-winning American post bop jazz saxophonist performs in Baku
Baku, October 26 (AZERTAC). Grammy Award-winning American post bop jazz saxophonist and flautist Kenny Garrett has lit the hearts of his numerous fans in Baku as part of the “Baku Jazz Festival -2013” organized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and Azerbaijan Culture Foundation.
He performed the jazz compositions and his own works.
Kenny Garrett recorded his first album as a bandleader, Introducing Kenny Garrett, on the CrissCross label.
While Garrett is best known in many circles for the five years he spent playing with Miles Davis during Davis's electric period, he states that he has become accustomed to the association:
Garrett's live album Sketches of MD: Live at the Iridium, featuring Pharoah Sanders, was released. On his website, he stated that his current band at the time consisted of electric bass and organ.
Garrett was presented with an Honorary Doctorate in Music from Garrett received a Soul Train Award nomination for his studio album Seeds from the Underground in the Best Traditional Jazz Artist/Group category. Two Grammy nominations for Seeds from the Underground followed in the Best Jazz Instrumental Album and Best Improvised Jazz Solo categories. Mack Avenue Records announced that Garrett won an Echo Award in the Saxophonist of the Year category.
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