Kenny Garrett
Awards and nominations

Kenny Garrett

Section Title: Awards and nominations
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Year	Result	Award	Category	Work

1996	Won	DownBeat Readers Poll	Alto Saxophone

1997	Won	DownBeat Readers Poll	Alto Saxophone

1997	Won	DownBeat Readers Poll	Jazz Album of the Year	Pursuance: The Music of John Coltrane

1997	Nominated	Grammy Award	Best Jazz Instrumental Performance	Songbook

1998	Won	DownBeat Readers Poll	Alto Saxophone

1999	Won	DownBeat Readers Poll	Alto Saxophone

2006	Nominated	Grammy Award	Best Jazz Instrumental Album	Beyond the Wall

2009	Won	DownBeat Readers Poll	Alto Saxophone

2010	Won	DownBeat Readers Poll	Alto Saxophone

2010	Won	Grammy Award	Best Jazz Instrumental Album	Five Peace Band - Live

2012	Nominated	Grammy Award	Best Jazz Instrumental Album	Seeds from the Underground

2012	Nominated	Grammy Award	Best Improvised Jazz Solo	"J. Mac"

2012	Nominated	NAACP Image Award	Outstanding Jazz Album	Seeds from the Underground

2012	Nominated	Soul Train Award	Best Traditional Jazz Artist/Group	Seeds from the Underground

2012	Nominated	Jazz Awards	Alto Saxophonist of the Year

2012	Won	Echo Award	Saxophonist of the Year

2012	Won	DownBeat Readers Poll	Alto Saxophone

2013	Won	DownBeat Readers Poll	Alto Saxophone

2013	Nominated	Grammy Award	Best Jazz Instrumental Album	Pushing the World Away

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Also in 2012, Grammy nominations for Seeds from the Underground followed in the Best Jazz Instrumental Album and Best Improvised Jazz Solo categories, and Seeds From The Underground received a NAACP Image Award nomination in the Outstanding Jazz Album category.

final_sentence: Also in 2012, Grammy nominations for Seeds from the Underground followed in the Best Jazz Instrumental Album and Best Improvised Jazz Solo categories, and Seeds From The Underground received a NAACP Image Award nomination in the Outstanding Jazz Album category.