Garrett's live album Sketches of MD: Live at the Iridium, featuring Pharoah Sanders, was released on September 23, 2008. You get used to it after a while." () File:Five Peace Band.jpgĬhristian McBride, John McLaughlin, Vinnie Colaiuta and Kenny Garrett Photo: Pierre Corbucci Every time they mention Kenny Garrett, there will probably be some association with Miles Davis, but at the same time, when they mention Herbie Hancock, they always mention Miles Davis, or Wayne Shorter. I just look at it as a part of history and it is going to be there. I am still trying to carve out my own name and my own music. I think that is part of my history and I am proud of that. Some people became aware of me through Miles and then they would come to my concerts. That's the only musical situation that I was there longer than a year. "I was in Miles' band for about five years. While Garrett is best known in many circles for the five years he spent playing with Miles Davis during Miles' electric period, he states that he has become accustomed to the association: Garrett's music sometimes exhibits Asian influence, an aspect which is especially prevalent in his 2006 Grammy-nominated recording, Beyond the Wall. During his career, Garrett has performed and recorded with many jazz greats such as Miles Davis, Art Blakey, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw, McCoy Tyner, Pharoah Sanders, Brian Blade, Marcus Miller, Chick Corea, John McLaughlin, Herbie Hancock, Bobby Hutcherson, Ron Carter, Elvin Jones, and Mulgrew Miller. are Pursuance: The Music of John Coltrane, recorded in 1996, and Songbook, his first album made up entirely of his own compositions, recorded in 1997 and nominated for a Grammy Award. Among his notable recordings on Warner Bros. Records label, and beginning with Black Hope, in 1992, he has continued to record with them. He then recorded two albums with Atlantic Records: Prisoner of Love and African Exchange Student. In 1984, he recorded his first album as a bandleader, Introducing Kenny Garrett, on the CrissCross label. Three years later he played in the Mel Lewis Orchestra, playing the music of Thad Jones, and also the Dannie Richmond Quartet, focusing on Charles Mingus's music. Garrett's own career as a saxophonist took off when he joined the Duke Ellington Orchestra in 1978, then led by Duke's son, Mercer Ellington. His father was a carpenter who played tenor saxophone as a hobby. Kenny Garrett was born in Detroit, Michigan, on Octohe is a 1978 graduate of Mackenzie High School. Video:Kenny Garrett Quartet - Song for Difang
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