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Date(s) - 01/15/2021
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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SFJAZZ Center
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Coming up as a teen through the Duke Ellington Orchestra, later a member of Art Blakey’s vaunted Jazz Messengers, and serving a memorable five-year stint with the iconic Miles Davis, Kenny Garrett is “one of the most admired alto saxophonists in jazz after Charlie Parker” (The New York Times). The Detroit native began his career as a leader with 1984’s all-star Introducing Kenny Garrett, and his subsequent releases established him as a masterful composer, with standout sessions including 1990’s African Exchange Student, 1997’s Songbook, 2003’s Standard of Language, and the expansive, GRAMMY-nominated 2006 release Beyond the Wall. For this performance filmed in June 2019 he is joined by a fierce young quintet including pianist Vernell Brown, Jr., bassist Corcoran Holt, drummer Samuel Laviso, and percussionist Rudy Bird.
A Q&A With Kenny Garrett (On the Corner)
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