Kenny Garrett News

If you're speaking to alto saxophonists under the age of, say, 40, and you ask them about their influences, it's a given that you'll add, "Aside from Kenny Garrett , of course." This is not an exaggeration.

An impressive opening afternoon at Tri-C JazzFest featured two bands that could headline an entire evening on their own: the Robert Glasper Experiment and the Kenny Garrett Quintet .

For my money, there's not an alto player around today that can touch Kenny Garrett.

Jazz fans will have all they can handle and more at the Tri-C Jazz Fest , which opens at the State Theater in Cleveland on Friday, April 19.

Few jazz saxophonists active over the last few decades can match the skills and power of Kenny Garrett , whose talent was spotted early by the likes of Art Blakey, Freddie Hubbard, and, most famously, Miles Davis-all of whom hired him.