Saxofonist

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Will Howald, percussion - Second Year Master's Recital

San Francisco Conservatory of Music

The Dave Jones Quintet is an exciting band, playing new arrangements of compositions by the great ex-Miles Davis saxophonist/composer Kenny Garrett, alongside new arrangements of Dave’s own compositions.

Dave Jones Quintet

Neath Rugby Club

This performance is free and open for general seating and will be live-streamed on the School of Music's YouTube channel and Facebook page.

Senior Jazz Studies Recital: Jacob Green, alto & tenor saxophones w/ student combo

Western Illinois University

For more than 40 years, GRAMMY Award-winning saxophonist, arranger, composer, and bandleader Kenny Garrett has garnered critical recognition for his versatility in Jazz, Blues, and R&B contexts. He began his career with the Duke Ellington Orchestra and Mel Lewis Orchestra. In 1987, Garrett began working with Miles Davis as a member of Davis’s working group—a collaboration that lasted for five years.

Kenny Garrett

South Orange Performing Arts Center

Kenny Garrett’s latest release, 2021’s Sounds from the Ancestors, is a multi-faceted album. The music, however, doesn’t lodge inside the tight confines of the jazz idiom, which is not surprising considering the alto saxophonist and composer acknowledges the likes of Aretha Franklin and Marvin Gaye as significant touchstones. Similar to how Miles Davis’ seminal LP, On the Corner, subverted its main guiding lights – James Brown, Jimi Hendrix and Sly Stone – then crafted its own unique, polyrhythmic, groove-laden, improv-heavy universe, Sounds from the Ancestors occupies its own space with intellectual clarity, sonic ingenuity and emotional heft.

Dakota

Kenny Garrett has made marvelous sounds for more than 30 years. Having worked with Miles Davis, Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers, Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw, and the Duke Ellington Orchestra, his career is a roll call of legends. Recognized as one of modern jazz’s brightest and most influential living masters, Garrett’s latest project sees the saxophonist “at the top of his game” (Glide Magazine).

Orchestra Hall

With his illustrious career that 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 is easily recognized as one of modern jazz’s brightest and most influential living masters. And with his latest marvelous album Sounds From The Ancestors, the Grammy award-winning Garrett shows no signs of resting on his laurels. The Bach is once again proud to present this living legend.

Saxofonist

Kenny Garrett

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Past events

Apr 20, 2025

Will Howald, percussion - Second Year Master's Recital · San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Oct 19, 2024

Dave Jones Quintet · Gwyn Hall

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