Kenny G - Alone (35P Covers SLD)

I make this video is for my Yahoo! 360 Blog, My favourite music, My music world ... A Tribute To Kenny G ... ******************************************************** Stereo Version (Watch in high quality) http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=q2diQvaP1Ao&fmt=18 By adding '&fmt=18' to the end of the URL, you will get a suprise of listening with stereo audio! Some of them uploaded before 2008-06-07 may not work probably. Please have a try out ... ******************************************************** Kenny G's official website http://kennyg.com/ Artist: Kenny G Album: Breathless 1992 Song: Alone * Kenny G Saxophonist Kenneth Gorelick (born June 5, 1956), better known by his stage name Kenny G, is an American saxophonist His fourth album, Duotones, brought him "breakthrough success" in 1986.[1] Kenny's main instrument is the soprano saxophone, but he also plays the alto and tenor saxophone and the flute on occasion. Career Kenneth Gorelick began his career as a musician when he acquired his first ever professional job as saxophone soloist for Barry White's Love Unlimited Orchestra in 1973 at the age of 17, when White was impressed by his mastery of the blues scale.[5] Kenny was also studying for a major in accounting at the same time.[6] After being rejected as a music major from Central Washington University, he went on to get a degree from University of Washington and played with the funk band Cold, Bold & Together[6] before becoming a credited member of The Jeff Lorber Fusion.[5] He began his solo career after his period with Lorber. He received success quite early on, with both G Force and Gravity, his second and third studio albums respectively, achieving platinum status in the United States. These sales were topped by his fourth studio album, Duotones, which shifted over five million copies in the U.S. alone. His sixth studio album, Breathless, became the number one best selling instrumental album ever, with over 15 million copies sold, of which 12 million were in the U.S. He broke another record when his first holiday album, Miracles, sold over 13 million copies, making it the most successful Christmas album to date.[6] In 1997, Kenny G earned a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for playing the longest note ever recorded on a saxophone. Kenny G held an E-flat for forty five minutes and 12 seconds in the Hopkins-Bright Auditorium at D&R Music World in New York City.[11] That same year, Kenny G's song "Havana", from his album The Moment, was remixed by noted DJs Todd Terry and Tony Moran and released promotionally to dance clubs in the U.S. These mixes went to #1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in April of 1997, giving Kenny his first (and, to date, only) #1 on this chart. Gorelick's 1999 single, "What A Wonderful World" stirred controversy among the jazz community regarding the overdubbing of Louis Armstrong's classic recording. A common criticism was that such a revered recording by a musician known especially for improvisation should not be altered. Pat Metheny responded to this recording by saying, "With this single move, Kenny G became one of the few people on earth I can say that I really can't use at all - as a man, for his incredible arrogance to even consider such a thing, and as a musician, for presuming to share the stage with the single most important figure in our music." [12][13][14][15][16] The "duet" was produced by David Foster who also recorded the Natalie Cole and Nat King Cole duet. Gorelick stated at the time,"...I didn't want to spoil the original. I said, 'Whatever we do, if we're not going to make it better, let's throw it away and we won't do it.' So (Foster) guaranteed that it would be better, and I hope that we did a good job on it."[17] Some columnists countered the criticisms suggesting such a recording would bring classic jazz to a wider audience.[18] Nevertheless, Kenny G fans considered the live performance of this duet with Armstrong on a video taped backdrop a "show stopper."[19] Additionally, Gorelick has stated that all the proceeds from this single go to his Kenny G Miracles Foundation which "funnel(s) the money to charities to purchase musical instruments and to supplement funding for the arts in schools." Kenny G has recorded some Chinese songs, like "Jasmine Flower" (茉莉花), and his music is noticeably popular in China. His recording "Going Home" is often played at closing time at public places or the at end of classes at schools. As of 2003, Kenny G was named the 25th-highest selling artist in America by the RIAA, with 48 million albums sold in the USA as of July 31, 2006.[21] In 1994, Kenny G won the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition for Forever in Love. On August 4, 2008, TVGuide.com announced that Kenny G would be guest-starring and performing on ABC's Dirty Sexy Money tentatively scheduled to air October 8, 2008. *

Author: ardenHK
Keywords: Kenny G. Gorelick Breathless 1992 Alone Smooth Jazz Adult Contemporary
Added: December 27, 2008