Simply Said

Chris DaveChris Daveクリス・デイヴ's national jazz debut came on Kenny GarrettKenny Garrettケニー・ギャレット's Simply Said (1999). After a career path from gospel to Mint Condition (touring drummer) to the Janet Jackson World Tour, this album — featuring Pat Metheny and Marcus Miller — established him as a jazz drummer.

Kenny Garrett didn't audition his way into Woody Shaw's band — his roommates let him in. His flatmates, drummer Tony Reedus and pianist Mulgrew Miller, were already in Shaw's group, and on Sunday nights Shaw would open up a set and let the still-unknown Garrett blow. The three would later share a record on Double Take (1985).