We were pretty excited about seeing Kenny Garrett’s quartet again. He was sensational at the 2006 Jazz Fest and we hadn’t yet seen any of the Exodus to Jazz shows so we bought general admission tickets at Wegmans and showed up at the Hochstein School of Music about a half hour early to grab a seat in the balcony.
Benito Gonzalez was on piano again but this time he was wearing a sharkskin suit and long pointed shoes. Charnett Moffett was on bass and Marcus Baylor was on drums, all four of them individual powerhouses. Together they tore the roof off the church. Too bad my camera is still in the shop. This was music on a very high level but I took a low res video of their encore with my old NIkon.
Detroit’s Johnny O’Neil opened the show and brought he house down with a beautiful version of Eubie Blake’s “Dollar For A Dime.” They do not write songs like that any more.
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