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{{Infobox album
| name = Black Hope
| type = [[Album]]
| artist = Kenny Garrett
| cover = Kenny_Garrett_Black_Hope.jpg
| alt =
| released = September 8, 1992
| recorded = Power Station, NYC
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 65:40
| label = [[Warner Records|Warner Bros.]]
| producer = [[Donald Brown (musician)|Donald Brown]] & Matt Pierson
| prev_title = African Exchange Student
| prev_year = 1990
| next_title = Triology
| next_year = 1995
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/r139155 |title=Black Hope - Kenny Garrett | AllMusic |first=Ron |last=Wynn |work=[[AllMusic]] |year=2011 |access-date=July 17, 2011}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]]''
|rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}<ref name="Penguin">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz|The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]] |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=[[Penguin Books|Penguin]] |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=531}}</ref>
}}
'''''Black Hope''''' is the fifth album by [[Kenny Garrett]], the first that he recorded for [[Warner Bros.]]<ref name="discogs">{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Kenny-Garrett-Black-Hope/release/1756746 |title=Kenny Garrett – Black Hope |website=[[Discogs]] |access-date=February 24, 2021}}</ref> 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]].

== Track listing ==
# "Tacit Dance" – 6:08
# "Spanish-Go-Round" – 4:08
# "Computer “G”" – 10:03
# "Van Gogh's Left Ear" – 7:39
# "Black Hope" – 3:51
# "Jackie & The Bean Stalk" – 7:02
# "Run Run Shaw" – 4:45
# "2 Step" – 5:24
# "Bone Bop" – 4:53
# "Books & Toys" – 5:41
# "[[Bye Bye Blackbird]]" ([[Ray Henderson]] & [[Mort Dixon]]) – 4:32
# "Last Sax" – 1:34

''All tracks composed by Kenny Garrett except for 11''

== Personnel ==
'''Musicians'''
* Kenny Garrett – [[alto saxophone]] (1-3, 6, 8, 10, 12), [[soprano saxophone]] (4, 5, 7, 9)
* [[Joe Henderson]] – [[tenor saxophone]] (tracks 1, 3, 11)
* [[Kenny Kirkland]] – [[piano]] (1, 2, 4-11), [[synthesizer]] (8, 9)
* [[Donald Brown (musician)|Donald Brown]] – [[synthesizer]] (5, 8)
* [[Charnett Moffett]] – [[Bass guitar|bass]] (1-11)
* [[Brian Blade]] – [[drums]] (1-7, 10, 11)
* Ricky Wellman – drums (8, 9)
* [[Don Alias]] – [[percussion]] (1, 2, 4, 5, 7-9)

'''Production'''
* [[Donald Brown (musician)|Donald Brown]] – producer, engineer (mixing)
* Matt Pierson – executive producer
* Joe Ferla – engineer (recording, mixing)
* Kenny Garrett – engineer (mixing)
* Bob Ludwig – engineer (mastering)
* A.W. Dick – assistant engineer
* Chris Alberts – assistant engineer
* Mike Beard – computer host
* Peter Shukat – management
* Bibi Green – Production Coordination
* Linda Cobb – art Direction, design
* Keith Schoenheit – Photography (of flower)
* Chris Carroll – Photography (of Kenny)

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Kenny Garrett}}
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[[Category:1992 albums]]
[[Category:Warner Records albums]]
[[Category:Kenny Garrett albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Matt Pierson]]

Black Hope - Revision history

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