Saxofonist

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 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).

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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.

Kenny Garrett

Saxofonist

Events

Mar 2, 2024

Kenny Garrett · South Orange Performing Arts Center

Feb 23, 2024

Kenny Garrett · Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Jun 19, 2022

Kenny Garrett Sextet · Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society

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