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Podcast: Art Works Podcast
Episode: A Conversation with 2023 NEA Jazz Master Saxophonist Kenny Garrett
Description: 023 NEA Jazz Master Kenny Garrett is a saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. He sees himself as a âpreacherâ on his saxophoneâsearching for that âone note that would touch people.â In this music-filled podcast, Garrett talks about his musical beginnings in Detroit, move to NYC, and time with the Duke Ellington Band, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, and Miles Davis, and the different lessons he learned from all of them. He discusses finding his musical voice,  his role as a band leader, the spiritual aspects of his music, the lasting influence of John Coltrane, and his collaborations with Pharoah Sanders and Chick...