Sounds from the Ancestors
| Sounds from the Ancestors | ||||
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| Released | August 27, 2021 | |||
| Recorded | 2021 | |||
| Studio | New Jersey | |||
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| Length | 67:37 | |||
| Label | Mack Avenue MAC 1180 | |||
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Sounds from the Ancestors is a studio album by saxophonist Kenny Garrett, released on August 27, 2021, his fifth for Mack Avenue Records.
The album's second track, "Hargrove", is inspired by and dedicated to John Coltrane's A Love Supreme and trumpeter Roy Hargrove. "Soldiers of the Fields / Soldats des Champs", track six, celebrates the soldiers of Toussaint L'Ouverture, the victors of the Hatian Revolution.
It was ranked one of NPR Music's best albums of 2021.