2011: Honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee College of Music, Commencement Speaker.Garrett has been a resident of Glen Ridge, New Jersey. Garrett's Pushing the World Away album received a Grammy nomination in the Best Jazz Instrumental Album category in 2013. In 2013, Garrett won an Echo Award in the Saxophonist of the Year category.

Also in 2012, Grammy nominations for Seeds from the Underground followed in the Best Jazz Instrumental Album and Best Improvised Jazz Solo categories, and Seeds From The Underground received a NAACP Image Award nomination in the Outstanding Jazz Album category. In 2012, Garrett received a Soul Train Award nomination for his 2012 studio album Seeds from the Underground in the Best Traditional Jazz Artist/Group category. Garrett also was the Commencement Speaker for graduates. In 2011, Garrett was presented with an Honorary Doctorate in Music from Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts. The CD Five Peace Band – Live won a Grammy Award in 2010. Garrett joined the ' Five Peace Band' of Chick Corea, John McLaughlin, Christian McBride and Brian Blade/ Vinnie Colaiuta around 2008. Ĭhristian McBride, John McLaughlin, Vinnie Colaiuta and Garrett in 2008

Garrett's music sometimes exhibits Asian influences, an aspect which is especially prevalent in his 2006 Grammy-nominated recording Beyond the Wall. Records label, and beginning with Black Hope, in 1992, he recorded eight albums for them. In 1986, Garrett became a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. In the year, he became the founding member of Out of the Blue which was produced by Blue Note Records. In 1984, Garrett recorded his first album as a bandleader, Introducing Kenny Garrett, on the CrissCross label. Garrett also played and recorded with Art Blakey, Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard, and Woody Shaw before developing his career as a leader. Garrett's own career as a saxophonist took off when he joined the Duke Ellington Orchestra, under the leadership of Mercer Ellington, in 1978. His father was a carpenter who played tenor saxophone as a hobby. Kenny Garrett was born in Detroit, Michigan, on October 9, 1960. Since 1985, he has pursued a solo career. His primary instruments are alto and soprano saxophone and flute. Kenny Garrett (born October 9, 1960) is an American post-bop jazz musician and composer who gained recognition in his youth as a member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra and for his time with Miles Davis's band.

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