Gravity - Kenny G

Breathless - Kenny G

The first time I ever heard of Kenny G was on the Steve Wright show.He was doing a review of the Breathless album and played a few tracks for the listeners to hear for themselves. At the time I thought mmm very nice but nothing spectacular. Coincidently, A few days later my sister came round to visit.She had been to see Michael Bolton and Kenny G was also on the bill. Well she was absolutely raving about Mr G more so than Michael Bolton himself who she had originally gone to see in the first place! Clutched in her hot little hand was a tape called Breathless,so just to indulge her a little I put it on. Straightaway she drifted off into a dreamlike state obviously ...

Breathless - Kenny G

this album, along with most of his other mainstream albums contains a couple of vocal numbers in a soul-style. As a saxophonist myself I was more than familiar with Kenny G and the magic that he can produce. Whilst many would have him classified as a producer of “lift music” for the fellow musician one can only wonder at his undoubted ability and musicality whether or not one actually likes his commercial music. Kenny has mastered the art of producing hummable tunes that get stuck in your head and yet, at the same time, are wonderfully relaxing and enveloping in one swoop. One cannot fail to feel just ever-so-slightly sentimental when listening – a rare ...

Classics In The Key Of G - Kenny G

Classics in the key of G - Kenny G Well, as promised, it is time to review some jazz, but for those detractors, I ll start with smooth, then will gradually work up to (if Dooyoo accept some of my suggestions) to some nice hard jazz, swing and bebop. Kenny G is a very interesting saxophonist, not least in that he does not fit the mould of a classic jazz saxophonist; in fact many jazz fans are ardently NOT Kenny G fans. He looks more like an 80 s prog rock star, all long perm and casual clothes. In addition he is much too smooth for many jazz fans, you are certainly more likely to hear Kenny g in the lounge of a hotel than you are Albert Ayler or Ornette Coleman. His ...