| LC control no. | nr 91029864 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Garrett, Kenny, 1960- |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1960-10-09 |
| Place of birth | Detroit (Mich.) |
| Field of activity | Jazz |
| Affiliation | Duke Ellington Band Sophisticated Ladies (Musical group) Five Peace Band Miles Davis's Group |
| Profession or occupation | Jazz musicians Saxophonists |
| Found in | Davis, M. Amandla [SR] p1989: insert (Kenny Garrett, alto saxophone) Nicholson, S. Jazz, the modern resurgence: p. 200 (Kenny Garrett, b. 1961; jazz saxophonist) Grovemusic WWW site, Aug. 5, 2003 (Garrett, Kenny; b. Oct. 9, 1960, Detroit; American alto saxophonist and leader) African American National Biography, accessed January 28, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Garrett, Kenny; jazz musician, saxophonist; born 09 October 1960 in Detroit, Michigan, United States; worked with the Ellington Big Band until 1981; played in the pit band for Sophisticated Ladies, a musical featuring Ellington songs, worked with tenor-saxophonist George Coleman, the big bands of Mel Lewis and Frank Foster, the all-star group Out of the Blue; was part of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers (1985-1986); became a member of Miles Davis's group; became one of the leaders of post-bop jazz of the twenty-first century; member of the Five Peace Band during (2008-2009); formed his own quartet, which continued to be his main focus in the 2010s) |
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