Introducing Kenny Garrett

Kenny Garrett
Studio album by Kenny Garrett
Released	1984
Recorded	December 28, 1984 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz, Post-Bop
Length	55:34
Label	Criss Cross Jazz
Producer	Gerry Teekens
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Introducing Kenny Garrett (1984) Garrett 5 (1988)

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Introducing Kenny Garrett is an album recorded in December 1984 by Kenny Garrett.

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

Track listing

All compositions by Kenny Garrett unless otherwise noted

1. "For Openers"
2. "Have You Met Miss Jones?" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
3. "A Silent Prayer"
4. "Blues in the Afternoon" (Mulgrew Miller)
5. "Oriental Towaway Zone"
6. "Until Tomorrow"
7. "Reedus' Dance"
8. "Lover" (Rodgers, Hart)

Personnel

• Woody Shaw – trumpet
• Kenny Garrett – alto saxophone
• Mulgrew Miller – piano
• Nat Reeves – bass
• Tony Reedus – drums

References

• Yanow, Scott. "Review of Introducing Kenny Garrett". . Retrieved on 2009-03-28.