el> On 8 Apr 1996, Tony Reid wrote:
> one other thing, i think that if we are all honest, we'll realize
> that our beef w/mr. gorelick (kenny's last name for those who don't know)
> isn't really w/his playing, it w/his TUNES! i remember flying in a solo bit
el> To be honest, my main beef with Kenny G and his music isn't really
el> directed at him at all. It's at the bonehead Clive "Millivanilli"
el> Davis and his bonehead executives at Arista who wish to market his
el> music as "jazz." Please.
generally, clive is one of the more intelligent music people, but...
el> Just because it's contemporary, and just
el> because it's instrumental, the idiots call it "jazz." (Gee, John
el> Williams composes contemporary instrumental music...is that jazz,
el> too?) Kenny G's CORRECT category is "instrumental pop" or "adult
el> contemporary."
yup!
el> Kenny G. is great at what he does; he's a wonderful
el> Instrumental Pop saxophonist and composer, but he is *not* a jazz
el> musician, and neither does *he* think himself as one. He really thinks
el> of himself as (and I quote) "a pop singer who can't sing with his
el> vocal chords, but uses a sax instead."
that's accurate for what he's doing, but have you heard his stuff w/jeff
lorber? check "wizard island" & "galaxian", they're on that 80's fusion tip.
guess i'll just have to do a remix...
... every music has its own soul-ray charles
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