Kenny Garrett

October 9, 2009 @ The Iridium in New York

Kenny was celebrating his birthday this evening and he was definitely on his game! The Iridium is a place where Garrett has become rather familiar having recorded and performed here on numerous occassions. That sense of comfort came through with a definitive command and controlled confidence tonight!!

Garret took the stage with Johnny Mercer on organ, bassist Kona Khashu and drummer Nathan Webb. They wasted absolutely no time whipping the audience into a frenzy!

They followed with a taste of reggae as Garrett manned the Fender Rhodes.

Then it was time to get funky with Kona working his bass hard.

Next up, it was time to chill a bit with Kenny on synthesizer and Johnny on the Rhodes.

Nathan opened the next track with sharp popping beats setting the stage for Garrett to carve the melody with surgical precision while Nathan worked the drums from every angle.Yes they even gave us a little calypso :)

No need for a lot of words here. This was unquestionably one of the best shows we took in during 2009!

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