Introducing Kenny Garrett

Kenny Garrett
Studio album by Kenny Garrett Quintet
Released	1985
Recorded	December 28, 1984
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz, Post-Bop
Length	55:34
Label	Criss Cross Jazz
Producer	Gerry Teekens
Kenny Garrett chronology
Kenny Garrett (1985) Out of the Blue (1985)

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Allmusic	[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[2]

Introducing Kenny Garrett is the debut album of Kenny Garrett recorded on December 28, 1984. It features Garrett in a quintet with veteran trumpeter Woody Shaw, pianist Mulgrew Miller, bassist Nat Reeves and drummer Tony Reedus.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"For Openers"	Kenny Garrett	6:20
2.	"Have You Met Miss Jones?"	Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart	9:10
3.	"A Silent Prayer"	Kenny Garrett	7:56
4.	"Blues in the Afternoon"	Mulgrew Miller	3:54
5.	"Oriental Towaway Zone"	Kenny Garrett	4:27
6.	"Until Tomorrow"	Kenny Garrett	8:42
7.	"Reedus' Dance"	Kenny Garrett	6:30
8.	"Lover"	Rodgers, Hart	8:12

Personnel

Musicians

• Kenny Garrett – alto saxophone
• Woody Shaw – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Mulgrew Miller – piano
• Nat Reeves – bass
• Tony Reedus – drums

Production

• Gerry Teekens - producer
• Jerry Teekens - associate producer
• Rudy Van Gelder - engineer
• Max Bolleman - engineer
• Leendert Stofbergen - cover design
• Stanley Crouch - liner Notes

References

1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r161971
2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 530. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.