Released 1984 Producer Gerry Teekens Release date 1984 Genres Jazz, Post-bop | Length 55:34 Artist Kenny Garrett Quintet Label Criss Cross Jazz | |
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Recorded December 28, 1984 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ Similar Beyond the Wall, Standard of Language, Sketches Of MD: Live At The Iri, Seeds from the Underground, Black Hope | ||
Kenny garrett happy people album version
Introducing Kenny Garrett is an album recorded in December 1984 by Kenny Garrett.
Contents
- Kenny garrett happy people album version
- Kenny garrett backyard groove
- Track listing
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
At the time he recorded this set, altoist Kenny Garrett was 24, had played with Mercer Ellington's big band, and was freelancing in New York. (His association with Miles Davis would not begin for a few more years.) A measure of the strong reputation Garrett already had is that his sidemen include trumpeter Woody Shaw and pianist Mulgrew Miller; bassist Nat Reeves and drummer Tony Reedus complete the quintet. The group performs five of the altoist's hard bop originals, Miller's "Blues In the Afternoon," and a couple of standards. A strong start to what would be a significant career.
Review by Scott Yanow at AllMusic.com
Kenny garrett backyard groove
Track listing
All compositions by Kenny Garrett unless otherwise noted- "For Openers"
- "Have You Met Miss Jones?" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
- "A Silent Prayer"
- "Blues in the Afternoon" (Mulgrew Miller)
- "Oriental Towaway Zone"
- "Until Tomorrow"
- "Reedus' Dance"
- "Lover" (Rodgers, Hart)
Personnel
Songs
1For Openers (feat Woody Shaw)Woody Shaw - Mulgrew Miller - Nat Reeves - 6:26
2Have You Met Miss Jones (feat Woody Shaw)Woody Shaw - Mulgrew Miller - Nat Reeves - 9:17
3A Silent Prayer (feat Woody Shaw)Woody Shaw - Mulgrew Miller - Nat Reeves - 8:02