Even the presence of the great R&B crooner Aaron Neville on "Even If My Heart Would Break" can't save this one-dimensional release. Before the year was out, he was first sax in the school band. He began playing the sax in the fourth grade, taking lessons in school. Ken Gorelick comes from a black neighborhood in Seattle. Kenneth Gorelick, Seattle, Wash., June 5, 1956). Always sounding like he's on automatic pilot, Kenny takes no risks whatsoever and sees to it that one song is as shamelessly contrived as the next. Kenny G, the single most successful instrumental pop artist of all time (b. There's nothing even remotely tasteful about interchangeable tunes like "Sentimental," "Forever In Love" and "End of the Night," all of which are about as bloodless and schlocky as it gets. And Breathless isn't bad because it's a pop album or because it's commercial it's bad because of its complete lack of soul, substance or creativity. Kenny G - Breathless - Music Skip to main Hello Select your address CDs & Vinyl Hello, Sign in Account & Lists Returns & Orders Cart All Find a Gift Best Sellers Todays. Later albums, including Breathless and Miracles, helped make him one of the top-selling artists of all time. True, it was silly for jazz artists to judge Kenny by hard bop standards when hard bop (or even soul-jazz or fusion) was a long way from what he was going for. Kenny G (2) Breathless Label:Arista 07822-18646-1, BMG BMGAL 2030 Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, gatefolder Country:South Korea Released:Genre:Jazz Style:Smooth Jazz Tracklist Hide Credits A1 4:19. Kenny G released his debut album in 1982, and rose to international fame following the 1986 release of Duotones. Kenny G's huge following responded that the attacks were silly and misguided because the saxman was the first to admit that he was primarily a pop instrumentalist and wasn't pretending to be anything else.
Throughout the 1990s, Kenny G was the whipping boy of the jazz world - the instrumentalist who hardcore jazz improvisers loved to bash when the subject of smooth jazz came up.
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