Ultimate Kenny G

Artist: Kenny G.
Label: Arista
Category: Music

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Media: Audio Cassette
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 828765099745
EAN: 0828765099745
ASIN: B00009EIQ6

Release Date: 2003-06-10

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General

| Jazz | Styles | Music

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Tracks:

Everlasting [#]
Havana
Brazil
What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong, Kenny G, Kenny G,
Look of Love
Silhouette
One More Time - Kenny G, Kenny G, , Chanté Moore
Theme from Dying Young
Forever in Love
We've Saved the Best for Last
Songbird
Jasmine Flower
Girl from Ipanema - Kenny G, Kenny G, Bebel Gilberto,
By the Time This Night Is Over - Peabo Bryson, Kenny G, Kenny G,
Champion's Theme
Don't Make Me Wait for Love
Moment
My Heart Will Go On [Love Theme from Titanic]
Wedding Song

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Customer Reviews:

I made a poop from which this album emerged.......2006-10-02

why would anyone want to buy this??
this is not jazz or smooth jazz or even easy listning !!! kenny g is a horrible saxophonist every song on this album and (every other of his albums) sound the same and have no musical form or structure -- his tone is horrible !!! --- do not waste your time !!!!

A Real Musician?.......2006-08-08

If a musician doesn't play music for an audience what is the purpose in ever coming out of practice. Why don't musicians continually only play for themselves in solitary hours, days, month, years of practice? Why? Because they want to be heard and appreciated for what they can do; they want to please the crowd. If a 6 year old girl can please a crowd with her fairly on note and rhythm rendition of "Papa Was A Rolling Stone," and please the crowd just as good as an old virtuoso violinist playing "Concert Fantasy on 'Carmen'" who is better at what the musician's purpose is? In fact, more pleasure may come from the 6 year old because the crowd can recognize how difficult or unusual it is for a 6 year old to sing like that than some 'old dude' doing something on a violin when they don't have a clue how hard whatever is considered difficult on a violin is. Anyway, Kenny G pleases the crowd, whether holding long notes or doing crazy runs that sound difficult (SOUND DIFFICULT, not necessarily are difficult, he plays for laymen crowd) Kenny G pleases the crowd and he is rewarded for it by having a bigger crowd because most people are laymen. Mix the hard sounding stuff with smooth, cool, pretty sounding stuff and you have a number 1 crowd pleaser. Doing this stuff on top of a great like Louis Armstrong, if you haven't heard listen to Kenny G's "Classics in the Key of G," was this out of line? How many do this sort of thing in practice; emulating your musical mentor? I guess Kenny extended his love of practice to the recording studio and know the live stage to DVD. The DVD or the Classics albums were not the smartest thing to do in the eyes of some, but novel and the crowds love them. I thought it was great marketing, a way to get the crowd ready for Kenny's new musical offerings through presentation (marketing) and not just his playing. This may have taken away a little of his musicianship, by relying on marketing, but does it take away from or disrespect Mr. Armstrong or Kenny's ability to please the crowd? No more than Jamie Foxx doing a movie about Ray Charles (named Ray) and then using Mr. Charles' music and likeness in his music recordings, music videos, and live shows. This introduced Ray to a brand new generation who would have never known him in the numbers that they know him now. Now they are singing parts of his songs and understanding the struggle he went through to please the crowd. Kenny could have done the same thing, by getting a band to recreate the sound and likeness of the greats while also sampling, but the way he did it was less money no band or movie cast/crew needed, although this didn't help other musicians and artists, but it kept him in the picture. It would be hard to sell Mr. Armstrong as a long haired white boy, plus Kenny was easier to market on his own because he was a white boy in jazz (good musicianship and business savvy). If these stuffy serious musicians and the music critics who can't play can ever understand that they need to please the crowd, play the game, they may bring jazz back instead of drive it deeper into obscurity. Please the crowd, give them something they want mixed with something they need, an education on greatness in music so future generations can appreciate true greatness. So go path the way for the future. The old jazz musicians did that and that is why we remember them as a mass market over multiple generations. If you are a great technical player, but no one connects with you because your technique is too pure to be understood by laymen then maybe you aren't a master musician, crowd pleaser. Just my two cents, very late but here none the less. Kenny G is great for what he is...a musician and this will never be posted, huh. Sorry for the length.

Kenny G Licks ASS!!.......2006-04-22

First of all, this album right here is what really got Kenny G noticed by the mainstream. But that's mostly just because of the "controversey" it caused in the media. Only after that happened, did this thing start selling well. It took a year after its release to go platinum. And while I'm not saying this is a bad album (anything but), a lot of people shouldn't act like this is the only good thing by Kenny G. There's TONS to hear by them out there. Give them a shot.

Sorry 'bout that. The Great Milenko, well, you've heard of this by now. It's one of Kenny G's top albums, and is full of great lyrics that you can probably relate to. Listen to "Hall of Illusions" and "Pass Me By". While one's more up beat, and the other's pretty sad, those songs get your attention, and make you realize that we need to make best of this life we have. While all the tracks are good, and a lot of time was put into them, here are the stand outs (to me anyway)-

Hokus Pokus, How Many Times?, Southwest Voodoo, Hall of Illusions, What is a Juggalo?, Hellalujah, Down with the Clown, Pass Me By

If you don't like any of those, then get outta here. You're not meant to be an Kenny G fan. It makes me sick that so many people go "Kenny G sucks!" and don't have anything to back that up. The Kenny G is probably the smartest band I've heard since System of a Down.

The production on this is better than their previous albums, and the music just plain kicks ass. Whenever "Southwest Voodoo" kicks in, I can't help but bounce around the room. And let's not forget the Suicide Hotline between "Piggie Pie" and "How Many Times?". That skit alone makes me want to work at a suicide hotline place. Violent Kenny G is the man.

Get this and kick back with some Faygo and have fun. And after that, go out and buy The Riddle Box, Bizaar, The Ringmaster, and much more.

Here is more proof that the masses are mindless. .......2006-04-12

Many happy reviewers noted that Kenny G's record for holding the longest note in the world is an indication of his extrodinary talent. The technique that he uses to accomplish this mindless playing is called circular breathing, and he is not the only person in the world that can perform this task. The difference between him, and the other wind players in the world that have this ability is simple. The other wind players realize that holding one note for an excessive amount of time is not music and is a waste of their time. Kenny's mindless noodling on this cd, and his other cd's is no more advanced than a highschool student beginning to learn how to play jazz, and it definately does not have as much heart. Aside from having more heart the highschool student has one major advantage over Kenny, he or she has the desire to improve, and will subsequently improve with practice. Kenny on the other hand has been playing the same way for his entire career with no sign of improvement. When one listens to his noodling on any one of his songs it is the same as the last. He might arpeggiate up a chord and then play a whiny, out of tune long tone as filler. His notes are always safe, and are usually identical in placement and rythm to the ones in the melody. How is this jazz? And why is he always listed in the jazz section? If I want to listen to instrumental music with a melody, I listen to classical. Those muscians undoubtedly are far superior to the simple minded Kenny. Unfortunately it seems as though the masses in America and throughout the world have forgotten what music is, and more importantly what jazz music is. For this I would like to thank MTV (and other music television stations), the Record Labels, and the overall ignorance of the masses. MTV and other music stations play videos to sell products to the ignorant masses. Record companies realizes that their artists no longer have to have talent to get the masses on board and sell products to them, so they sign the talentless. That leaves the intelligent with the popular music of today, and Kenny G. As for playing over Louis Armstrong, this act is nothing short of bastardization. Reviewers have suggested that Kenny G's version is enjoyable, and he had the right to do it. There is nothing wrong with playing standards, or even playing the melody to What a Wonderful World, but overdubbing, no matter how you look at it is a crime, even if the person in question had have been someone like Michael Brecker. Jazz lovers likely would not have had a problem with Kenny simply playing the melody, but disgracing one of the most important founders to sell records is unacceptable. This action is comparable to insulting someones dead relative, it simply should never happen. For those of you that enjoy Kenny's music I am truly sorry for you. Maybe you weren't given the opportunity to take music in school, or exposed to variety of different music by your parents. Or maybe you're very narrow-minded and enjoy playing the role of a sheep in a herd. Unfortunately it is your fault Kenny exists and the only way he will ever be stopped is when the masses realize that he isn't special, he isn't talented, and most importantly he isn't jazz. Give real jazz music a chance, it is not dead like you may think. In fact in many urban centres it continues to flourish, and the are always new faces popping up on the scene that have a lot of talent, but do not have the support to make it big. I propose that you, the lovers of Kenny, and mainstream music that you listen to Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Keith Jarrett, Wayne Shorter, Michael Brecker, Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau and Chris Potter. These phenomenal musicians will give you insight into the origins of jazz and how it has evolved over the years. I also encourage you to check out your local music scene. I can guarantee you that there are musicians playing in your area that have far more talent and potential then the Kenny G's of the world, they just need an audience. Please be that audience, you will be helping musicians that may have otherwise gone entirely un-noticed, and maybe, just maybe, by being that audience you will help someone achieve their dreams of being a professional musician. As far as this cd goes, Amazon may want to reconsider its rating system. 1/5 equates to 20%, which is in turn 20% to much for Kenny's effort.

Breathtaking.......2006-01-25

I really don't understand the problem with some people.how do you overlook even condemn and criticize the genius of kenny g.genius is what he is.A true musical genius.I am a jazz lover and i have been very lucky to have such divine songs of kenny g.He plays such wonderful music with his sax even happy songs become sad.I mean whatever song i hear of his it brings tears to my eyes.

If you are a true music lover( by that i mean you just love music, not noise as is given out by rock songs that provide just temporary thrill than fizz out).If you listen from the heart,then you will cry when you hear these songs(I am sure of that).What melody,what rhythm!!!!!!!!!I love songbird,forever in love,silhoutte and others.These songs are composed from the heart and if you have a receptive ,open heart you will fall in lovw with these songs.Thank you

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