#KENNY G BREATHLESS CD NO CD#
Not her car cos she has no CD player, but she can play it in my sister’s car or mine. But the CD is good cos she can play it in a car. I didn’t realize it was that old already. Come to fine out, she had this on cassette already. In 2006, Golf Digest named him the music industry's No. I gave this to my elderly mother cos she’s a Kenny G fan. In addition to his music career, Kenny G is a passionate golfer. In 2010 he delivered the R&B–driven album Heart and Soul, with contributions from Robin Thicke and Babyface, and in 2015 he returned to Latin inspirations for Brazilian Nights. The saxophonist has recorded albums that have displayed his appreciation for jazz standards ( Classics in the Key of G, 1999), tropical sounds ( Paradise, 2002), and Latin beats ( Rhythm and Romance, 2008). While shrugging off the critics, Kenny G has also made efforts to take on different kinds of musical forms. Although his mark was surpassed in 2000 by Vann Burchfield, Kenny G was hopeful of reclaiming the record.ĭespite his mammoth sales numbers, Kenny G's easy sound has made him the target of critics, especially jazz purists, who dismiss the saxophonist for what they consider his lightweight, pop-driven sound.
Matching folio to his hit album with 14 pieces, including: Forever in. At a performance at J&R Music World in New York City, he employed a method called circular breathing to hold an E-flat for 45 minutes and 47 seconds. The sixth studio album by saxophonist Kenny G was released in 1992 and reached number 1 on the Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and number 2 on the Billboard. Read reviews from worlds largest community for readers. In addition to his recording success, Kenny G set a Guinness World Record in 1997 for playing the longest note ever recorded on a saxophone. In 1994, Kenny G won a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition for the track "Forever in Love." That year he also released his first holiday album, Miracles, which reached No. His 1992 release, Breathless, sold more than 12 million copies in the United States alone and became the top-selling instrumental album in history. Whether you're into pop or jazz, Breathless is unlistenable.Over the next decade Kenny G and his smooth sound dominated the airwaves and the record charts. Buy the CD album for 6.89 and get the MP3 version for FREE.
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. 5.99 21 Used from 2.00 4 New from 17.77 1 Collectible from 14.77.
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. 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. 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'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.