Thursday, December 20, 2012

Saxophonist KENNY GARRETT Receives Critical Acclaim on Latest Album, "Seeds From The Underground"

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Saxophonist KENNY GARRETT Receives Critical Acclaim
on Latest Album, Seeds From The Underground

Project Receives a Wide Range of
Award Nominations and Press Accolades 
  
 
2013 GRAMMY® Awards Nominations:
Best Improvised Jazz Solo: "J. Mac"
 
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
 
2013 ECHO Jazz Awards Nomination:
International Instrumentalist of the Year
 
2013 NAACP Image Award Nomination:
Outstanding Jazz Album

2012 Soul Train Award Nomination:
Best Traditional Jazz Artist

2012 DownBeat Readers Poll Winner:
Best Alto Saxophonist





"...engagingly robust new album..."
 
"The alto saxophonist telegraphs his endgame decisively"

 
"With a generous, enthusiastic playing style that makes him a concert favorite, he has become a quintessential jazz musician who will take on any challenge, and make the result sound good." Boston Globe

"Kenny Garrett has assembled a
strong group for Seeds From the Underground. These 10 original compositions brim with inventive playing and the sure, guiding hand
of a masterful musician."
Seattle Post Intelligencer
 
 
 
Upcoming Kenny Garrett U.S. Performances

February 15 / Folly Theater / Kansas City, MO
February 21 / Winningstad Theatre - Portland Jazz Festival / Portland, OR
April 9 / Cabaret at Theater Square / Pittsburgh, PA
April 11-14 / Jazz Showcase / Chicago, IL
April 20 / Tri C Jazz Festival / Cleveland, OH
April 26 & 27 / East Carolina University / Greenville, NC
April 28 & 29 / Sandaga Jazz Club / Dallas, TX 
May 2-5 / Blues Alley / Washington, D.C.
May 9-12 / The Iridium / New York, NY
August 24 / Charlie Parker Jazz Festival / New York, NY

 
For more information on Kenny Garrett, please visit: KennyGarrett.com
 
Kenny Garrett ·  Seeds From The Underground
Mack Avenue Records · Release Date: April 10, 2012



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Vernon H. Hammond III, CFP ·  managearkeast@comcast.net  

  

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