Pushing the World Away

Pushing the World Away
Studio album by Kenny Garrett
Released	September 17, 2013 (U.S.)
Genre	Jazz
Length	72:06
Label	Mack Avenue Records
Producer	Kenny Garrett & Donald Brown
Kenny Garrett chronology
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]
DownBeat	[3]
Jazzwise	[4]
Financial Times	[5]
WBGO	(favorable)[6]
PopMatters	[7]

Pushing the World Away is a Grammy-nominated^[8] critically acclaimed studio album by Kenny Garrett, released on September 17, 2013, on Mack Avenue Records. Following its release, the album peaked at number 6 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart, which is the highest Billboard chart position for Garrett since African Exchange Student (1990)^[9] and Black Hope (1992).^[10]

Track listing

Personnel

• Kenny Garrett – alto saxophone (1-7, 9, 11-12), soprano saxophone (8), chant (8), piano (10), arranger, producer
• Donald Brown – arranger (9), producer
• Benito Gonzalez – piano (1-3, 5-7, 9, 12)
• Corcoran Holt - bass (1-12)
• Marcus Baylor - drums (1-3, 5-6, 9, 12)
• Rudy Bird - percussion (3, 5-7, 9), cymbals and gong (8)
• Ravi Best - trumpet (3)
• Vernell Brown - piano (4, 8, 11-12), chant (8)
• McClenty Hunter - drums (4, 7, 10, 12), vocals (6)
• Mark Whitfield, Jr. - drums (8, 11-12)
• Jean Baylor - vocals (9)
• Carolin Pook - violin (10)
• Brian Sanders - cello (10)
• Jen Herman - viola (10)
• Misha Tarasov - string arrangement (10)
• Joe Ferla – recording, mixing engineer
• Bob Mallory – assistant engineer
• Fred Sladkey – assistant engineer
• Greg Calbi – mastering engineer
• Keith Major - photography
• Michael Snyder – art direction, design
• Randall Kennedy – creative director
• Maria Ehrenreich – creative services, production
• Will Wakefield – production manager
• Al Pryor – Executive VP of A&R
• Gretchen C. Valade – executive producer

Awards & Nominations

Chart positions

References