673203107823

Pushing The World Away

Kenny Garrett

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Format: CD

Cat No: MAC1078

Release Date:  16 September 2013

Label:  Mack Avenue

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  673203107823

Genres:  Jazz  Contemporary  

  • Description

    'Pushing the World Away', Kenny Garrett's seventeenth album as a leader, captures him at the peak of his creative abilities, both as a saxophonist and as a composer.

    Garrett pays tribute to a number of his influences - friends and heroes that include Chick Corea ("Hey, Chick"), Chucho Valdés ("Chucho's Mambo"), Sonny Rollins ("J'Ouvert") and Garrett's musical confidant and album co-producer, Donald Brown ("Brother Brown").



    Mentored himself by Art Blakey and Miles Davis Garrett feels it his duty to carry on that tradition by encouraging young talent. So he drew on a wide pool of musicians on this session, newcomers as well as older hands. In addition to regular quintet member Donald Brown the other two pianists he used, Vernell Brown and Benito Gonzalez, are both graduates of the informal Kenny Garrett School of Music. The drummers include McClenty Hunter, Marcus Baylor and Mark Whitfield Jr. and the featured percussionist Rudy Bird has now been added to Garrett's working group.



    In all, 'Pushing the World Away' features twelve tunes, all of which were composed by Garrett except for one cover, a superb, lyrical, odd-metered take on the Burt Bacharach/Hal David song "I Say a Little Prayer".



    Personnel: Kenny Garrett (alto saxophone and soprano saxophone, chant, piano), Benito Gonzalez (piano), Corcoran Holt (bass), Marcus Baylor, Mark Whitfield, Jr. (drums), McClenty Hunter (drums, vocals), Rudy Bird (percussion, cymbals, gong), Ravi Best (trumpet), Vernell Brown (piano, chant), Jean Baylor (vocals), Track 10: Carolin Pook (violin) Brian Sanders (cello), Jen Herman (viola)

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. A Side Order Of Hijiki
      • 2. Hey, Chick
      • 3. Chucho’s Mambo
      • 4. Lincoln Center
      • 5. J'ouvert [Homage To Sonny Rollins]
      • 6. That's It
      • 7. I Say A Little Prayer
      • 8. Pushing The World Away
      • 9. Homma San
      • 10. Brother Brown
      • 11. Alpha Man
      • 12. Rotation