Kenny Garrett

Amandla

Miles Davis · 1989

Garrett joined Miles DavisMiles Davisマイルス・デイヴィス's last working band in 1987 and remained until Miles died in 1991. AmandlaAmandlaMiles Davis · 1989 (1989) is a key document from that period. After Miles, Garrett built a distinctive solo career, including deeply personal tributes to John Coltrane.

Pursuance: The Music of John Coltrane

Kenny Garrett · 1996

Wingspan

Mulgrew Miller · 1987

Double Take

Freddie Hubbard / Woody Shaw · 1985

Simply Said

Kenny Garrett · 1999

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).

— Statement stmt-kenny-garrett-on-woody-shaw-2

Keystone 3

Art Blakey · 1982

Wingspan

Mulgrew Miller · 1987

Mulgrew MillerMulgrew Millerマルグリュー・ミラー came up in Woody ShawWoody Shawウディ・ショウ's band, then moved to Art BlakeyArt Blakeyアート・ブレイキー's Jazz Messengers (1983–86), then to Tony WilliamsTony Williamsトニー・ウィリアムス's acoustic quintet. He carried the hard bop tradition with elegance while consistently seeking out younger musicians. He anchored many of Kenny GarrettKenny Garrettケニー・ギャレット's most important recordings.

— Blue Note Records: The Biography, Richard Cook, 2001

Hard Champion

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers · 1987

Feeling Good

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers · 1992

Kenny Garrett says Art Blakey's press roll wasn't just a dynamic cue — dropping it in the second chorus forced the soloist to resolve whatever they were saying, right then. Garrett calls it Blakey's way of teaching young Jazz Messengers how to become bandleaders themselves.

— Statement stmt-kenny-garrett-on-art-blakey

Amandla

Miles Davis · 1989

Live - From His Last Concert In Avignon

Miles Davis · 1996

Kenny Garrett spent five and a half years in Miles Davis's band, and says he never once received a spoken instruction. Whatever phrase Miles played, Garrett played back — a call-and-response built entirely from what happened on stage, never from words.

— Statement stmt-kenny-garrett-on-miles-davis

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.

— Rolling Stone: Superdrummer Chris Dave