When he was in high school Kenny Gorelick used to sneak into the Doubletree Inn to hear the jazz trio I played in. Gotta say that he may have improved Musak a bit. Of course "smooth jazz" grew out of the commercialization of jazz in the 1970s with the CTI label.
On 10/22/2011 07:42 AM, whynotnow7 wrote: > Oh, and Kenny G hasn't yet put a dog collar around his neck and killed > himself.:-) > > --- In [email protected], turquoiseb<no_reply@...> wrote: >> --- In [email protected], merudanda<no_reply@> wrote: >>> Kenny G with his son, Max G >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9KLAltIol4&feature=related >>> >>> His music is noticeably quite popular in China. WOW PRANA (lol) >>> hearing his "Going Home" often played at closing time at public >>> places or at the end of classes at schools here. (Mass transit >>> systems in Tianjin and Shanghai play his songs too when trains >>> approach terminus stations ) will remind me now of Rama and >>> turquoiseb... [:D] >> Except for the long frizzy hair, I'm not sure how >> anyone made a connection between Kenny G and Rama, >> but please don't make one with me. I, like most fans >> of real music, consider him pretty much the antithesis >> of jazz, and barely a musician. It's appropriate that >> his music has been relegated to musak, because that's >> all it was ever good for. You might tell the Chinese >> you know that admitting to liking Kenny G's music will >> get you banned for life from most jazz clubs in the >> world. :-) >> >> Pat Metheny explaining why Kenny G sucks: >> http://www.jazzoasis.com/methenyonkennyg.htm >> > >
