Seeds from the Underground

Seeds From The Underground
Studio album by Kenny Garrett
Released	April 10, 2012 (U.S.)
Genre	Jazz
Length	70:01
Label	Mack Avenue Records
Producer	Kenny Garrett & Donald Brown
Kenny Garrett chronology
Sketches of MD (2008) Seeds From The Underground (2012) Pushing the World Away (2013)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic.com	[1]
The New York Times	(favorable)[2]
The Guardian	[3]
PopMatters	[4]

Seeds from the Underground is a studio album by Kenny Garrett. It was released on April 10, 2012, on Mack Avenue Records and received two Grammy nominations in Best Jazz Instrumental Album and Best Improvised Jazz Solo categories,^[5] as well as a NAACP Image Award nomination in Outstanding Jazz Album category,^[6] a Soul Train Award nomination in Best Traditional Jazz Artist/Group category,^[7] a Jazz Awards nomination for Alto Saxophonist of the Year^[8] and an Echo Award win in the Saxophonist of the Year category.^[9]

Critical reception

The album received a 77/100 score on Metacritic, based on four reviews from mainstream media.^[10]

Track listing

Personnel

• Kenny Garrett – Arranger, Composer, Piano, Primary Artist, Producer, Quotation Author, Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano)
• Rudy Bird – Bata, Percussion, Vocals
• Donald Brown – Producer, Vocals
• Ronald Bruner – Drums
• Greg Calbi – Mastering
• Rusty Chops – Vocals
• Maria Ehrenreich – Producer
• Benito Gonzalez – Piano
• Randall Kennedy – Creative Director
• Sengbe Kona Khasu – Vocals
• Fernando Lodeiro – Assistant Engineer
• Keith Major – Photography
• Tim Marchiafava – Assistant Engineer
• Tino Passante – Studio Manager
• Nedelka Prescod – Vocals
• Nat Reeves – Bass
• Misha Tarasov – Vocals
• Gretchen Valade – Executive Producer, Liner Notes
• Will Wakefield – Production Manager
• Todd Whitelock – Engineer, Mixing
• Damon Whittemore – Assistant Engineer
• Timothy Zach – Art Direction, Design

Awards & Nominations

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