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| It has become eminently apparent that Kenny Garrett is the most consistently scintillating and inspiring alto/soprano saxophone force in the genre. The multi-Grammy nominee brings a muscular yet lyrical eloquence to everything he lends his artistry, always delivering galvanizing and forceful work, digging deeper into composing while bringing a crackling vibrancy to his performances. Kenny's music is roll up your sleeves, in your face, hard bop blowing of rippling melodic songs.
Garrett, like all of the other great musicians and artists that came before him, just keeps moving forward in still another of his many creative directions. The latest of those ideas became SKETCHES OF MD, a capricious excursion into open-ended melodies over grooves that each reflect the artistry of key sidemen from Miles Davis' many groups - from John Coltrane to Kenny himself. Consisting of five compositions (and clocking in at just under an hour), Sketches of MD is a compositionally relaxed yet performance intense record of some music Kenny performed at the Iridium Jazz Club in New York City with his band (Benito Gonzales on piano, Nat Reeves on Bass, and Jamire Williams on drums) and special guest, tenor saxophone legend Pharoah Sanders.
"I had enough music to do a 'BEYOND THE WALL 2,'" Garrett states, "but I didn't want to do that. We already made that statement. Now it's about what's next. Once you try to define me, that's where problems begin because I'm not just doing one thing. I do straight ahead, I also do funk, classical and many other things. I'm always trying to challenge myself. Don't look for me to sound like my last record. I'm shifting - following what my spirit feels." |
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SKETCHES OF MD
Mack Avenue Records
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