Introducing Kenny Garrett

1985 studio album by Kenny Garrett Quintet
Kenny Garrett
Studio album by
Kenny Garrett Quintet
Released1985
RecordedDecember 28, 1984
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz, Post-Bop
Length55:34
LabelCriss Cross Jazz
ProducerGerry Teekens
Kenny Garrett chronology
Kenny Garrett
(1985)
Out of the Blue
(1985)
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Allmusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[2]

Introducing Kenny Garrett is the debut album of Kenny Garrett recorded on December 28, 1984. It features Garrett in a quintet with veteran trumpeter Woody Shaw, pianist Mulgrew Miller, bassist Nat Reeves and drummer Tony Reedus.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."For Openers"Kenny Garrett6:20
2."Have You Met Miss Jones?"Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart9:10
3."A Silent Prayer"Kenny Garrett7:56
4."Blues in the Afternoon"Mulgrew Miller3:54
5."Oriental Towaway Zone"Kenny Garrett4:27
6."Until Tomorrow"Kenny Garrett8:42
7."Reedus' Dance"Kenny Garrett6:30
8."Lover"Rodgers, Hart8:12

Personnel

Musicians

Production

  • Gerry Teekens - producer
  • Jerry Teekens - associate producer

References

  1. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r161971
  2. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 530. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums
  • Introducing Kenny Garrett (1984)
  • Garrett 5 (1988)
  • Prisoner of Love (1989)
  • African Exchange Student (1990)
  • Black Hope (1992)
  • Triology (1995)
  • Pursuance: The Music of John Coltrane (1996)
  • Songbook (1997)
  • Simply Said (1999)
  • Happy People (2002)
  • Standard of Language (2003)
  • Beyond the Wall (2006)
  • Seeds from the Underground (2012)
  • Pushing the World Away (2013)
  • Do Your Dance! (2016)
  • Sounds from the Ancestors! (2021)
  • Who Killed AI? (2024)
Live albums
  • Ja-Hed (1991)
  • Stars & Stripes (1993)
  • Dreyfus Night In Paris (1994)
  • Sketches of MD (2008)
Compilations
  • Old Folks (1987,1992)
  • Casino Lights '99 (1999)
  • V.A. Relief (2021)
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