Black Hope

Black Hope
Black Hope
Studio album by Kenny Garrett
Released	September 8, 1992
Studio	Power Station & Eastside Sound, New York City
Genre	Jazz; post-bop;
Length	65:40
Label	Warner Bros.; WB 9 45017-2
Producer	Donald Brown
Kenny Garrett chronology

ReleasedSeptember 8, 1992

StudioPower Station & Eastside Sound, New York City

Length65:40

Black Hope is the fifth studio album by American jazz saxophonist Kenny Garrett, the first that he recorded for Warner Bros. Records, released on September 8, 1992. It features Garrett in a quartet with pianist Kenny Kirkland, bassist Charnett Moffett, and drummer Brian Blade. Additional musicians include veteran tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson and percussionist Don Alias.^[1]

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[2]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Tacit Dance"		6:08
2.	"Spanish-Go-Round"		4:08
3.	"Computer 'G'"		10:03
4.	"Van Gogh's Left Ear"		7:39
5.	"Black Hope"		3:51
6.	"Jackie & The Bean Stalk"		7:02
7.	"Run Run Shaw"		4:45
8.	"2 Step"		5:24
9.	"Bone Bop"		4:53
10.	"Books & Toys"		5:41
11.	"Bye Bye Blackbird"	Ray Henderson Mort Dixon	4:32
12.	"Last Sax"		1:34
Total length:			65:40

v t e Kenny Garrett
Studio albums	Introducing Kenny Garrett (1985) Garrett 5 (1989) Prisoner of Love (1989) African Exchange Student (1990) Black Hope (1992) Triology (1995) Pursuance: The Music of John Coltrane (1996) Songbook (1997) Simply Said (1999) Happy People (2002) Standard of Language (2003) Beyond the Wall (2006) Seeds from the Underground (2012) Pushing the World Away (2013) Do Your Dance! (2016) Sounds from the Ancestors (2021) Who Killed AI? (2024)
Live albums	Ja-Hed (1991) Stars & Stripes (1995; bootleg) Dreyfus Night in Paris (2004) Sketches of MD: Live at the Iridium (2008)
Compilations	Old Folks (2001) Casino Lights '99 (2000) Relief (2021)
Related articles	The Jazz Messengers Out of the Blue

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