Stars & Stripes (Kenny Garrett album)

Stars & Stripes
Live album (bootleg)by Kenny Garrett Trio
Released	May 30, 1995
Recorded	September 1993 in East Germany [1]
Genre	Jazz post-bop
Length	71:24
Label	Jazz Door JD 1259

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Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

Stars & Stripes is a bootleg ^[3] live album by saxophonist Kenny Garrett in a trio with bassist Charnett Moffett and drummer Brian Blade. It was released unofficially by Jazz Door on May 30, 1995. ^{[2] [4]}

In response to the release of the album, Garrett made his 1995 album Triology . He explained in an All About Jazz interview with Dean Nardi, "I wasn't trying to do Triology,... but when I went to East Germany, someone recorded me trying to record this music for myself to study to see what I wanted to do, and then I was kind of forced to do it. They released a record and it was a bootleg CD called Stars and Stripes, and they said it was 'Live at Fat Tuesday's.' I never played at Fat Tuesday's [in New York City], and at that point I knew I was compelled to do this trio record, and I'm glad I did it." ^{[1] [3]}

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Axpax"		12:05
2.	"Blues on the Corner"	McCoy Tyner	10:27
3.	"Largo" (from the New World Symphony)	Antonín Dvořák	13:29
4.	"Slop"		11:40
5.	"Mack the Knife"	Kurt Weill Bertolt Brecht	8:58
6.	"Bone Bop"		14:45
Total length:			71:24

Personnel

• Kenny Garrett – alto saxophone
• Charnett Moffett – double bass
• Brian Blade – drums

References

1. Nardi, Dean (February 10, 2025). "Kenny Garrett Speaks Through The Soul of His Jazz". All About Jazz . Retrieved January 4, 2026.
2. "Stars & Stripes Live – Kenny Garrett | Album | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved January 4, 2026.
3. Fricke, David (May 23, 2022). "Kenny Garrett Reflects on Generations Past, Present, and Future with Sounds from the Ancestors". JazzTimes . Retrieved January 4, 2026.
4. "KENNY GARRETT — Stars & Stripes / Live". www.jazzmusicarchives.com. Retrieved January 4, 2026.