演出信息

日期/Date：2018年3月9日

入场时间/Door Time：6:00 PM

演出时间/Show Time：7:30PM

地址/Add：前门东大街23号 Blue Note Beijing

23 Qianmen East Street. Dongcheng District. Beijing

电话Tel：170-0000-0288 188-BLUE-NOTE 

票价信息

B2剧场票价Ticket Price：

460（主座）RMB

（餐饮低消：60RMB） 

乐队成员

Kenny Garrett - sax 

Corcoran Holt - bass

Rudolph Bird - percussion 

Vernell Brown - piano

Samuel Hector Chantal Laviso- drums

历经了30多年辉煌的职业生涯，Kenny Garrett已经成为他那一代中*卓越的中音萨克斯手。从他78年*开始与Duke Ellington艾灵顿公爵合作，他之后合作爵士乐音乐家更包括Freddie Hubbard，Woody Shaw，Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers和Miles Davis等大咖。Kenny Garrett总是能给观众们带来激烈的旋律，激情的现场，展现中音萨克斯管真正的特色。作为一个在过去的二十年里乐队*，他更是一位不断成长的作曲家。Kenny Garrett在他*新的专辑《Seeds From The Underground》中，仍旧保持其高质量的音乐品质，这不仅令人印象深刻，也为他提供了一个扩宽视野，清晰传达他想表现的音乐方式。

Kenny Garrett是Miles Davis大乐队*后一个伟大的毕业生之一。作为一位在当时十分有潜力的爵士乐手，他很早*开始在底特律与Marcus Belgrave玩音乐，并在1980年搬到纽约在之前，与Mercer Ellington Orchestra乐团进行了巡演。此后，他便成为广受好评的独奏家。之后，他加入了一群爵士音乐家组合，名为"Five Peace Band"。1984年，他录制了自己作为乐队指挥的*张专辑《Introducing Kenny Garrett》，归于CrissCross公司。后来他还和Atlantic Records，Prisoner of Love以及African Exchange Student合作录制了两张专辑。1992年时，加瑞特与华纳兄弟签约并开始录制专辑《Black Hope》，之后一直与之合作录制专辑。Kenny Garrett与华纳兄弟合作的专辑里*为出色的有：1996年录制的《Pursuance：The Music of John Coltrane》，以及录于1997年，获格莱美奖提名的*张全部自创专辑——《Song Book》。

Kenny Garrett与许多伟大爵士音乐家合作过，如：Miles Davis、Art Blakey、Freddie Hubbard、Woody Shaw、McCoy Tyner、Pharoah Sanders、Brian Blade、Marcus Miller、Chick Corea、John McLaughlin、Herbie Hancock、Bobby Hutcherson、Ron Carter、Elvin Jones以及Mulgrew Miller等。

Kenny Garrett的音乐还时常流露出一些亚洲因素的影响，而这在他2006年专辑《Beyond the Wall》中表现得尤为明显。Kenny Garrett在2008-2009乐季与Chick Corea、John McLaughlin、Christian McBride、Brian Blade以及Vinnie Colaiuta一起，以"Five Peace Band"的身份进行了世界巡演。他们的CD"Five Peace Band - Live"赢得了2010年1月31日的格莱美。

Kenny Garrett

For more than 30 years, Grammy® Award-winning saxophonist, arranger, composer, and bandleader Garrett has garnered critical recognition for his versatility in jazz, blues, and R&B contexts. The Detroit native began his career performing with the Duke

Ellington Orchestra and Mel Lewis Orchestra. In the early 1980s, Garrett began working with Miles Davis, becoming a member of Davis’ working group – a collaboration that lasted for five years.

With more than twenty recordings as a leader as well as appearing on more than 230 as a sideman, Garrett has performed and recorded with a multitude of musical icons, including Art Blakey, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Q-tip, among others. Garrett

maintains a prolific touring and recording schedule with his own band as well as the world’s most acclaimed jazz legends. In 2008-2009, Garrett joined Chick Corea and

John McLaughlin’s supergroup, “Five Peace Band,” featuring label mate Christian McBride and Vinnie Colaiuta (later Brian Blade). The group’s eponymous album won a Grammy® Award in 2010. Additionally, he was a featured member of Corea’s “Freedom Band” (2010), that included Christian McBride and Roy Haynes.

Garrett’s most recent album, “Pushing the World Away” (2013), features the band that he’s mentored for the past few years, Corcoran Holt, McClenty Hunter, Vernell Brown, Benito Gonzalez, Rudy Bird, Marcus Baylor, Mark Whitfield Jr and received a Grammy® nomination for “Best Jazz Instrumental Album”. Garrett’s “Seeds From The Underground” won the 2013 Echo Award (German Grammy) for “Best International Jazz

Saxophone Performance.” Garrett’s “Do Your Dance” will be released in June 2016.

In 2011 Garrett presented the commencement address at Berklee College of Music and was awarded an honorary doctorate of music by that prestigious institution.