“Happy People” packed the Jazz Kitchen for the opening night of Indy Jazz Fest on September 9, 2025. NEA Jazz Master Kenny Garrett’s signature song ended each set – a pulsating, energetic mastery of ...

Kenny Garrett at the 2024 Jazz a la Villette Festival on Sept. 6, 2024 in Paris. Garrett will appear on the amphitheater stage at the 2025 Saratoga Jazz Festival on Saturday. Kenny Garrett’s career in ...

It’s hard to know the history of any musician unless you’ve started at the beginning with them and studied all of their records. Or, the other soul. You know what I mean—their music's soul. And it is ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — One of jazz’s most highly regarded saxophonists Kenny Garrett is getting ready to blow audiences away Wednesday during his last of two performances at the Jazz Kitchen for Indy ...

Your scribe interviewed Garrett via the old-school blower, sans video. "The concept was going back to some of the songs and the influences I heard," Garrett says of his Ancestors approach. "I've ...

The set finishes strong with Ronald Bruner Jr. on drums driving an expressive display of polyrhythmic virtuosity on Garrett's "For Art's Sake," a stunning tribute to drummers Art Blakey and Tony Allen ...

Influenced by the harmonic freedom pioneered by John Coltrane, he’s one of those post- hard bop instrumentalists who reached out towards various kinds of fusion, bringing jazz back to its more ...

DETROIT, MICH (WXYZ) — The newly minted recipients of the 2023 NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship – Regina Carter, Louis Hayes, and Kenny Garrett (all from Detroit ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. As his first electronic album, the record presents a radical meshing of Garrett's ...

The expansive range of jazz was on display during more than 60 live performances throughout the Labor Day weekend at the 44th annual Detroit Jazz Festival — which drew some new and younger audiences ...

The Blue Note Jazz Fest has announced its 2025 edition which runs May 27 – July 2 at various venues around NYC. Tickets for Blue Note Jazz Fest 2025 shows go on sale Friday, April 4 at 10 AM. Check ...