Kenny Garrett Quartet feat. Kenny Kirkland Jazz Baltica

[@jontyhall]

This is one of the most hardcore performances in the history of anything.

[@jazzchordify]

Yep, one of the greatest live jazz performances ever!

[@FedericoGPena]

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.

[@jontyhall]

@@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!

[@Gk2003m]

Awesome.

[@srklgk]

Indeed!!!

[@ogdTo]

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

[@VM777-q3f]

U are ANGEL bro 💚🏆🎮🎧🫂

[@waltersobchak926]

Kenny Kirkand for me is up there with the best pianists of all time

[@megabugginout]

Bro...he is one of best...

[@JohnJohnCrusher]

Absolutely

[@rze1001]

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

[@Edonyle]

What year??

[@alfonindatube]

Kenny Kirkland is the original pianist in Songbook correct?. Super talented

[@fabianmartin7126]

@@Edonyle I think it's around 1997

[@christianparadiso3456]

@@alfonindatube Yep! Same quartet

[@jayclarke9611]

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

[@chaoshuffer]

Kenny Kirkland and Tain really make this quartet explode! Bad motherfuckers right here...

[@BlackScorpionNation]

ya got damn right!!

[@johnchaplin4262]

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.

[@J3unG]

Yeh...who cares. The man blows his motherfucking horn and it makes my dik hard. How's that?

[@yamaday1961]

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.

[@jenniferpollard2732]

I so agree! I feel the same way.

[@jenniferpollard9571]

@@jenniferpollard2732 So do I!

[@thomasrossi152]

We all feel the same way!! When I hear him play, It's like it was an angel speaking through his saxophone!! ❤️

[@yamaday1961]

@@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.

[@yamaday1961]

@@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.

[@Navroze]

the great Kenny Kirkland is no more. One of the finest young pianists..

[@cameron_fairchild]

he is gone...but the music lives on.

[@guillermoromero8920]

Sure!!! THE one

[@fredtolliver4798]

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

[@rudeluck]

YEs Kenny is the best. RIP Kenny

[@tommyholladay]

I wonder how nat reeves' neck feels after bopping his head to every quarter note for a whole show.

[@jorgegera9042]

Lmao

[@techaiecomau]

almost certainly pretty f**kn good!

[@avatacron60]

Lmao!

[@VinceDarnellBlair]

um rude.. he has a condition. he's always doing that bass in hand or not. it just happens to be on the pulse

[@kristonervin3344]

LOL not true

[@SeanRosati]

They are really summoning the spirit of the John Coltrane Quartet in 64 and onward here! Incredible!

[@nickurban3831]

Sean Rosati could not agree more!

[@CalebOrvik]

Nat Reeves, Jesus Christ. Studying with him at Hartt and I just found this recording holy shit his quarter note. Jesus Christ

[@ralphhale5711]

Damn. What the heck was I listening to in 1997 and why? It surely was not this. Masterful.

[@EvanC.Rhodes]

Feel the same way

[@bobbysands6923]

You're listening now. That's all that matters. Never too late for jazz.

[@RedraspusMusic]

The bassist is longtime Kenny Garrett Quartet member Nat Reeves, who also had a long association with Jackie McLean.

[@bradgarrison7256]

It is just stupid how awesome this band is

[@BeatsNKarats]

This is (was) my favorite quartet I've even seen live.

[@jazzchordify]

Yep just incredible! I can't get enough of the power and beauty of the improvisations

[@chuckvedrene703]

Ridiculous. Insane. Preposterous. how awesome these giants play.

[@benjamindavid5681]

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.

[@yamaday1961]

Did this performance take place in your country and you happened to be there?

[@jdaubry6346]

One of the most spiritual band since Coltrane's quartet...

[@bireli91]

Exactly

[@kevinstewart3029]

Affects of the gospel of John...

[@allthewoointheworld]

straight up and down

[@reedjorgensen7303]

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.

[@MrGuto]

Great group all around! Watts is just awesome!

[@bedlam6666]

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.

[@mbrown070451]

And yes...''The Real Kenny-G'' indeed!!!...and Kenny Kirkland left us too soon for sure...T-Watts was killin!!!.....

[@egyptianminor]

Kenny Garrett is awesome and Kenny Kirkland was one of the greatest Jazz Pianists - an underrated talent IMHO. Tain and Nat Reeves are great too.

[@egyptianminor]

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.

[@rillloudmother]

Yes, and especially for Kenny Kirkland!

[@thegeeeeeeeeee]

That drum solo on giant steps was truly insane . Holyyyy

[@JulioFlavioMaza]

i think is the best video in youtube and the best concert that i ever listened to, RIP KENNY KIRLAND YOU GIVE US YOUR MUSIC AND YOUR SOUL

[@jazzchordify]

Me too! Always listening to this again and again and again

[@altosax75]

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

[@chuckvedrene703]

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.

[@steffenbrix]

One of the best concerts ever played ❤ so much heart and soul

[@bruhthem]

They swangin so hard it literally brings me to tears everytime I listen to this!!! Whew!!!!!🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿🎶🎶🎶

[@jamessteen6667]

Absolutley man

[@bobbylinning2348]

This is some real shit!!!!! Can't get any better this.Kenny is dearly missed.

[@marlo5570]

I'm crying and sweating at the same time..definitely terrific energy!

[@jacksonwma]

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.

[@jazzjeffjazzjeff]

I hear you! It’s like the first spring day after a long dark winter! ❤️

[@marktguitar]

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.

[@khaymanta7033]

I can't believe how great this sounds.

[@omurolmez0]

00:00 Two Down And One Across 08:54 Giant Steps 22:37 Brother "B" Harper

[@arturogonzalezluis5051]

Amazing Kirkland solo on Giant Step.

[@jml-rj5re]

The Great One. RIP

[@khdroid123]

Damn, incredible. One of the best solos ever!!

[@jmsbk12345]

16.00-18.16 Heavenly jazz from Kirkland, so inventive and yet harmonically and rhythmically right on! Kudos for the bass player as well, amazing.

[@jmsbk12345]

+thesloth246 Hi, this is taken from the tune called Giant Steps by John Coltrane.

[@davidsempau2973]

+John Berry Great loss, RIP!

[@mattmerewitz5060]

+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

[@jazzchordify]

+John Berry So hard to play that fast and still keep the melody! Absolute genius!

[@khdroid123]

Who else could play like that? Please let me know.

[@kennethjames7571]

Man Kenny digged deep for that altissimo note

[@rozenaxsax5133]

These were some lucky people to be there experiencing this incredible tour du force live in person. Wow.

[@chuckvedrene703]

Naw bruh. I was there. Not lucky. Cursed. The world of music was changed forever after that night. Nothing I mean nothing sounded the same after this.

[@JamesHurt369]

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.

[@DocPeteMD]

Thank God for KZbin and youngsters who are maintaing the discipline of the art

[@philtrumpet]

Most amazing group I have ever heard.

[@Theyarewatchingmetoo]

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 !

[@topp9127]

wow. The intensely brilliant musicianship of these men shatters me. Thank you for posting.

[@Moog168]

Jeff "Tain" Watts a living legend :)

[@Humanity2102]

This is high art! The classical music of the 20th and 21st centuries.

[@yamaday1961]

I can't agree with you anymore.

[@boxingfan2233]

This isn't classical, I don't see fucking sheet music

[@Humanity2102]

@@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.

[@giannidifrischia3374]

That's the History of Jazz!! Kenny's solo is truly unbelievable.

[@y34r]

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

[@jazzchordify]

100% Agree

[@icykingblob2]

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

[@ploufplouf8359]

True.

[@royjones3099]

Your choice for sure...but tyner's the real McCoy...love Kirkland Rest In Power

[@oaklandtobangkok]

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.

[@dominikn19]

Unbelievably beautiful… 🔥

[@davidfloren5339]

There's no way to conTAIN the indubitably rhythmic Mr. Jeff Watts!

[@elrabbimusic]

22:39 easily one of Kenny's most emotionally moving tunes, right next to May Peace Be Upon Them!

[@elrabbimusic]

Brother B Harper from the album "Happy People"

[@elrabbimusic]

Giant Steps by John Coltrane!

[@alexemhardt3762]

Thanks so much for sharing this rare diamond video. I am one of the lucky guys, listen live at the concert in Ludwigsburg, Germany.

[@bickerstaffe1]

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...

[@nagomizik9358]

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!

[@jagermeister5]

THE REAL KENNY G!

[@beliefszstemrecords]

lol

[@mauricioaguiar4764]

Why kenny g?

[@bickerstaffe1]

I'm with Arturo... Kenny's solo on Giant Steps is blistering!!!

[@khdroid123]

Amazing

[@kalzone60]

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.

[@pianoseven1]

Great Coltrane tribute. His music is still actual and alive

[@onlinesaxophoneplayer5434]

Is this the greatest saxophone e performance ever !?

[@BobMazzo]

This is outta this world jazz ! Absolutely brilliant - and SMOKING !

[@jonnreyna1]

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.

[@erickroger2656]

Saw this group at Kimballs East! Legend!

[@bobbysands6923]

I have seen Tain and Garrett together many times in small jazz clubs in NYC. They play at the same intensity. And it is like the roof is about to come off.

[@LouisKeys]

I like this tempo for Giant Steps, Man I miss Kenny K!!! Now Mulgrew is gone too!!!

[@royalistp]

Didn't notice the drummer is the great Jeff Tain, he can handle the workload.

[@tiluriso]

This is likely from 1997, they're opening with '2 Down & 1 Across', from his album 'Songbook'. A great record.

[@freddiefreejazzify]

"Songbook" by Kenny Garrett (Warner, 1997). Same line up. Enjoy !

[@sotender48]

God bless you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!INCREDIBLE BAND!!!!!!!!!Greetings from Italy!!!!

[@altosax75]

Fabulous! This was the real quintessential Garrett line up - the interplay and energy are phenomenal. Great to see 'Brother B Harper' in the set list. Thanks for uploading!

[@maracuja55]

K’Kiirkland is a king. Never Heard such an Amazing piano solo on Giant Step. ! .. never ..

[@getplan5044]

soooooow greatfullllyyyyy most power phodastico!!

[@govindarajulu-kasturi9614]

Beautiful God Bless the Artistes in the Ensemble Thanks please

[@catbomber24]

Why does everyone say Kenny G is bad? He sounds pretty good to me.

[@jimbosteen2935]

Lol

[@ChessNoir]

Kade Hennacy lolol

[@koomura5139]

Cause there are two Kenny "G" s lol🤣

[@cameron_fairchild]

LOL, I see what you did there.

[@derrickulous]

hahahah

[@ClivesEnglishCorner]

Nothing better than enjoying this jewel before going to bed!!!

[@thebebopper985]

They play the head of Giant Steps in C but then they go to Eb for the solo section

[@PaulHirsh]

+TheBebopper Only Kenny plays it in C, the rest play the normal chords!

[@inigo_88]

@@PaulHirsh Thanks for the explanation. That broke my brain hearing that. :D

[@haroldmsimmons]

Kenny Garrett is John Cotrane on Alto. I Love it. As a Alto Sax Player, Kenny is my idol.

[@calebovich]

2 Down, 1 Across is one of the most powerful tunes!

[@drummer4ish]

Jeff Watts drumming is Brilliant True.

[@dumchin]

Kenny made an amazing speech in Japanese on the international jazz day Osaka.

[@ThePrenian]

i can't... i don't... have words for this

[@feijoada2902]

NY Style I love it. After this, Hancock, NY Minute.

[@pshwon]

Kenny's album Songbook is the masterpiece that these 4 made.

[@EliaGaitau]

thanks for the GREAT upload man. KENNY KIRKLAND R.I.P :D

[@sweetpapajazz]

I love it when the drums get the melody !

[@willshakeyou]

they're playing the melody a major6th above the normal =) sounds pretty cool x)

[@ketr60]

Love this - thanks for uploading. Different but reminiscent of 'Trane & Elvin's horn + drum duets. Tain !!!!

[@aaronagre2993]

drummer look like icecube. killin' icecube. he's a beast though!! this is legendary

[@pauljackson7877]

This is one of those.... "Stop everything and inhale" concerts! Take advantage!!

[@MikeCaseyMusic]

never gets old

[@gefriolsaeme]

Stunning music, amazing!

[@rovikab6561]

Awesome great Jazz , great players.

[@GuilleMartinezBass]

This is GREAT man

[@doce7606]

Kenny at the absolute height of his powers... he rocks back and forth at the exact right tempo, like a stoned student listening to 'trane in a dingy basement... His giant Step (sic lol) nails the 'trane 'field-holler' wails at the start of each phrase like few can achieve.... what a master....

[@MarcoCastilloWorld]

Holly shit that's what I'm talking about!

[@EvanC.Rhodes]

What a quartet. Just sublime for real!

[@sauxphilippe]

The full power into the power full spirit of Jazz Music !

[@JuliusWilliamsIIEdD]

Man, you can actually taste the flavor of the mood....

[@patrick.jouanneau]

What a fabulous story they tell us ... Coltrane is on the corner !

[@lenorem.7889]

I so love this!

[@fabiocopponi9586]

Fantastic!!!

[@rainerhoffmann1647]

Let they play at the Vatikan, seriously, this kind of jazz is the root of something phenomrnal in mankind....

[@plectrum71]

Exactly :-) And: The less they know about the music the more they think to have to say about it.

[@MikeSealguitar]

all star band right here