I've heard a bunch of music in my life....Seen countless great musicians play....Have played with some of the world's greatest musicians (some of them featured on this video)....and I would usually dismiss your comment as something an amateur would say, or the whimsical hyperbolic musings of a likely uninformed "fan boy"....BUT, I'm happy to say, that I might just have to agree with your sentiment. This is truly incredible. Love to you....it's been five years since you left this comment; I hope this finds you well.
@@FedericoGPena Thank you Federico. My first experience of Kenny was live at Birdland in 2006 and it remains one of the most significant musical experiences of my life. The sheer musicality, passion and historical depth in his playing is up there with any of the best in jazz today. Love to you as well!
0:00 - 2 Down & 1 Across 8:55 - Giant Steps 22:37 - Brother "B" Harper 36:06 - Before It's Time to Say Goodbye 41:37 - Sing a Song of Song 52:45 - Wayne's Thang Kenny Garrett 4tet Kenny Garrett (as), Kenny Kirkland (p), Nat Reeves (b), Jeff "Tain" Watts (dr) Live at Jazzbaltica 1997
Sometimes I feel that I see God through musicians like them. I don't express how in English. If I translate my native tongue Japanese into English, God comes down through them. I'm a huge fan of Mr. Kenny Garrett. But I have not known this footage. So, thank you very much plectrum71 to upload this footage.
@@jenniferpollard9571 I'm so amazed and glad to see your comment. 7 years have passed since I came to this footage and I somehow came to the same footage again. Then I found the comments make me feel that I have a kind of colleague who share my view. I feel very happy.
@@thomasrossi152 I can't agree with you anymore. I feel so happy to see that I have a friend like you who feels the same way about the music. Nice to see you.
Kenny Garrett - alto sax Kenny Kirkland - piano Nat Reeves - bass Jeff "Tain" Watts - drums Tracklist: 1. 2 Down & 1 Across 2. Giant Steps 3. Brother "B" Harper 4. Before It's Time To Say Goodbye 5. Sing A Song Of Song 6. Wayne's Thang
Tain kickin a$$ …damn…heard a story bout Kenny Kirkland (r.I.p) years ago when he was at Manhattan School, he would play piano everyday in the cafeteria… and he was young and developing …so no one paid him any mind and were maybe somewhat annoyed at his activity… By senior year ,he was exploding musically,and one day in cafeteria again…everyone stopped talking, listened like it was a concert…and everyone applauded heartily… A;so nice tribute to Train s One Up Ome Down @ 18:17 beyond tain s solo
This is music at its best. I read a comment posing the question "what innovations has Garrett brought to music a la Coltrane, Rollins etc?" This, in my view, should be known henceforth of the jazzer's kiss of death...a perfect example of the type of attitude that puts the majority off a genre that includes genius to pretentiousness. Three things are for sure, Kenny Garrett changes the atmosphere even when playing with the finest, he obviously loves the music he plays, and has developed a unique sound that has influenced a crowded field of eminent musicians. I should add, for what it's worth, that he plays from the soul in the way that Coltrane did. What a combination of talent on this recording.
Tragically died at 43....so young....he attributed his own poor health to 20 years of non-stop touring and no vacations or exercise.....no matter what we do, we have to take care of ourselves.....that being said, many young jazz giants have passed way earlier, but as Cameron stated, "the music lives on"....facts
The most amazing performance i have ever seen. My favorite thing about kenny kirkland (may he rest in peace) is that he was given only a short time to live. So kenny kirkland was like fuck it, and he toured with branford. Really, one of the most inspiring people ever to play the keys.
give yourself a treat and go to the vanguard in NYC when Tain is playing. Sit in the "diner" seats right next to the drummer and just watch him. He is not only the greatest jazz drummer alive, but he is also the funniest.
I can't believe you see people walking out after various pieces...they amongst some of the most amazing musicians of our time!!! Garrett absolutely killin' it!!!! :..D
I can believe it. I welcome it. The music literally separates those who need not be there. The one room where there is 100% appreciation of greatness. Couldn't be a better environment to witness greatness.
Check out the cross rhythms Tain plays against Garrett's vamping on the tail section of Giant Steps. No random bashing-creative improvisation is at work with a little math sample as well. High level art cannot be manufactured into existence. It has to be experienced. Let it get into you.
It's Nat Reeves on bass. It's the whole band from Kenny's record "Songbook." One of my favorite records. So great to see this band play these tunes live. Love it.
This must be from 1997...! This song '2 Down & 1 Across' is the opening title of KG's great CD "Songbook', which came out that year, If I'm not mistaken.
Kenny speaks to us as a spokesman of our essential state as a country ravaged by inequality and racism. He combines warmth, anger, feeling, and is perhaps the greatest jazz saxophonists of the 21 century.
Finding this footage of Kenny Kirkland made my day if not my year. Seeing this jazz master again is so incredible and the rest of the band is great too.
throughout history of jazz , for me noone could ever fire up piano the way k.kirkland did, not even mccoy tyner who influenced his playing so much, as pianist myself, if i had to choose who's coltrane of jazz piano, its definitely K.Kirkland
y34r whoah I'm gonna have to disagree with you 100%. Kenny plays the way he does because of McCoy. if you can't see then you got to check him out with Trane. find some bootlegs
+John Berry The first tune is Two Down & One Across from the album Songbook on Warner Brothers. The second tune is indeed Giant Steps by Coltrane. itunes.apple.com/us/album/songbook/id358133823
IM IN LOVE !!! Yesterday Night i was in my Bed and i heard Jazz on the Classic Channel, i play Guitar Drum and Synthesizer, i played Rock Metal Blues Trance, but i never found out how you make Jazz, but i dont wont to discover this Secret, i just want to feel it. and let it come over me.its so wonderfull !
I first heard Kenny when he played with Sting on the Bring On The Night tour. I was so impressed. With Omar Hakim, Darryl Jones and Branford... what a tight band they were...
Yeah, same here! What a delight it was .The whole thing was just so out of nowhere, so pure , innovative and sublime..Did you know he did 'nt want to have anything with the piano as a kid? I think his dad forced him, like really physically forced him. I read that about him around that time. Miles was pissed at Sting for " stealing" Marcus from his band. RIP Mr. Kirkland!
Jezus Christ!!! The director of this program hasn't any musical knowledge, whatsoever!! During Jeff Watts his solo, at Giant Steps, he is only focussed on the saxofonist....
Truly amazing, always loved Kenny Garrett's ideas only masterfully executed. The interplays defines the jazz idiom. Kenny,king kirk, as masterful the listener and responder as always, simply fuels every idea thrown at him, his solos are sinful. Thank you for posting this incredible performance.
Man do I miss Kirk and Tain! We lost Kirk waaay too early. Hope Tain is ok. He was an official, card-carrying, indefatiguable MONSTER on the drum kit! Definitely an Elvin graduate.
Not hard to figure out, Coltrane on alto and with a lot of Pharoah. But he is an original not a copy cat. Poor drummer, I know he needed to take a 3 week recovery vacation.
@@boxingfan2233 They use sheet music to learn the music. This music is coming from the spirit and soul and surpasses anything a human can just read. This type of music is the highest form of music in the world today. European classical music was great in its day. But it is dead music; the artists interpret what is written on paper. There is some room for individuality, but not much. This music is the classical music of the twentieth and twenty first centuries.
it's obviously a much better idea to film kenny garrett repeating a phrase for the drummer to solo to to, rather than actually filming the drummer, which would be stupid. 18 mins or so in. JESUS.
Damn this band is killing it... Most hard swinging geniouses ever. Blessed with so much creativity & musicality! & May Kirkland RIP...I still miss his playing on daily basis.
a truly awesome performance. i am a *huge* fan of Kenny Garret. as far as the ppl who did not accidentally click on thumbs down, whose IQ is above ~80, and who are educated and have any sense of culture and appreciation for the best things in life, basically, unless you repent, you are going to h*** :)
He's not just Trane. He's more. He's Jackie Maclean, Cannonball, Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard, Trane, Mccoy Tyner, and most importantly, He's Kenny Garrett.
@@albertbrown359 I stand by this 9 years later. If you can’t hear those influences, you should go shed more. No one said Trane is better or worse than KG; Kenny is the sum of his influences.
@@albertbrown359 this is silly. Trane is incredibly important and one of my favorite musicians, but plenty of people have created incredible art within the idiom. You’re foolish to think jazz stops with A Love Supreme or Ascension.
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