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Will He Ever Go Away?!

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Posted on November 23, 2020 at 05:10:17
Inmate51
 Kenny "G" will be on the American Music Awards. With any luck, someone will "accidentally" mute his microphone. And that hair! Jeez, "G", it's 2020!!

Q: What's the range of a soprano saxophone?
A: About 30 yards, if you've got a good arm.

 

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RE: Will He Ever Go Away?!, posted on November 23, 2020 at 05:39:02
The Dill
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 I don't agree with 51 much, however in this case, he is spot on, my sentiments exactly. And I like smooth jazz.

 

RE: Will He Ever Go Away?!, posted on November 23, 2020 at 05:51:32
Steve O
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 Some people like KG so would you deprive them? Seems kinda harsh and authoritarian. KG left my life years ago. I don't purchase his recordings and if he shows up on the radio or TV I switch. Pretty simple.

This Kenny G thing reminds me of the audiophile/Bose rite of passage...live and let live.

 

OK, That's Funny! Nt, posted on November 23, 2020 at 06:08:30
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RE: Will He Ever Go Away?!, posted on November 23, 2020 at 06:42:37
bean
 I'm sure I've told this story here before; I was at a Johnny Griffin concert at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago twenty some years ago, Johnny was in the middle of one of his powerful solos. He stopped, stepped up to the mic, and shouted

"No Kenny G - NO ANY G"

then stepped back, and resumed his solo.

 

RE: Will He Ever Go Away?!, posted on November 23, 2020 at 07:16:05
neolith
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 When I was working in the ED around the holidays, the staff would bring in CDs for background music. I had one inviolable rule - no Kenny G on my shift.



"Our head is round in order to allow our thoughts to change direction." Francis Picabia

 

I agree., posted on November 23, 2020 at 08:25:12
srdavis2000
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 Sometimes group bashing starts looking like high school mental bullying.

 

RE: Will He Ever Go Away?!, posted on November 23, 2020 at 08:48:15
geoff
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 As long as we go to the dentist or get on an elevator, he will live on.

 

RE: Will He Ever Go Away?!, posted on November 23, 2020 at 09:20:37
rivervalley817
 Kenny G is a Badass! notice that 'badass' is capitalized?

he can hold a single note over 42 minutes!!

well, in 2015 anyway

not many charts call for this, but still ...

with regards,

 

Its sad Kenny G. got stuck in that late 80's 90's...., posted on November 23, 2020 at 09:56:06
Cougar
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 commercial rut. He was at his best with Jeff Lorber Fusions band of the late 70's. Kenny was one serious player with that band but that because Jeff's band was so funky they pushed Kenny to his best and he couldn't play that cheesy style he did when he went on his own.

I had a friend over some years ago and he wanted to hear some Funky music other than the usual suspects (TOP, Coldblood, Graham and others). I told him if he hand heard JLF, he said he heard of Jeff Lorber but not when he had the band JLF. I started with all Jeff's early tunes, he really was impressed and liked the band. Then I put on "Wizard Island", he was blown away with how funky that band was. He even commented on the Sax player that who was he cause he was one of the better players he had heard (and he hates Kenny G).

I then told him it was Kenny G. and couldn't believe it. He said that sounds like a totally different player. I told Kenny is a fine player with the right group but when he went commercial is where he messed up. He made money, but has for ever been stuck in that 90's style ever since, that's why everyone hates his style now.

In the late 90's Kenny G. would do private concerts for Callaway Gulf employee's for Employee appreciation week. I had a chance to go with a coworker at PB just down the street from Callaway. She worked at Callaway at night, I passed on it cause he would be playing that Bubble Gum music. Now if would have been with Jeff Lorber Fusion, I would have been there in a heartbeat.

 

I always think of the old Weather Channel..., posted on November 23, 2020 at 11:35:31
ghost of olddude55
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 "Your 24-hour forecast...your 5-day forecast...your 10-day forecast" with "Songbird" squoodging along in the background.



The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.

 

RE: Will He Ever Go Away?!, posted on November 23, 2020 at 11:57:07
Inmate51
 "Some people like KG so would you deprive them?"

No. Some people actually like elevator music. Some people like gangsta rap. It can be soothing, if not musically inspired.

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RE: Will He Ever Go Away?!, posted on November 23, 2020 at 13:50:30
Steve O
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 Years ago about this time of year I was looking for something unique in the Christmas genre. What to my wondering eyes should appear but an album of instrumental Christmas favorites in the style of elevators on the MUZAK label. Inoffensive but surprisingly entertaining with a 60s Tijuana Brass vibe on many selections. Who woulda guessed?

 

When he showed up on PBS fundraisers, I knew it was a sign. nt, posted on November 23, 2020 at 14:42:10
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