[Dixielandjazz] Kanny G a jazz musician?

[Larry Walton Entertainment]

assisting in the conception of many children.

I have often wondered about how many I've helped with but you know not many have ever asked me to watch.  I don't think that's very nice of them.
Larry 



Steve barbone wrote:
> Larry Walton Entertainment at larrys.bands at charter.net wrote: (polite snip)
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>> What or what isn't jazz is pretty subjective. . . . .
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>> So where does Kenny G. fit? I wouldn't call him cutting edge. . . I like
>> music to be a little tougher and a little less fairy like but again
>> that's a matter of taste.
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>> Kenny's music . . . is horizontal vs. some of
>> the newer forms and does not challenge the listener.
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>> Does being melodic or aiming at the public disqualify an artist from the
>> title of Jazz musician?  I hope not because that's what I do and I fancy
>> myself as a jazz musician although not as far out or as accomplished as
>> some.
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> I hear you Larry. You could be describing Dixieland above, e.g. not cutting
> edge, not too tough . . . doesn't challenge the listener. The only
> difference is that G has an audience, and we don't. :-) VBG  He will
> probably sell more of his new Christmas Album over the next two years then
> those of us on the DJML combined. And if just that one album is jazz as Jim,
> you and I suggest, then he will be the most popular JAZZ musician of 2006.
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> He is described as such now in many media outlets, having sold 75 million
> records and DVDs since 1982.
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> BELOW FROM ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE A WHILE BACK:
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> Kenny G has single-handedly transforming jazz into a genre that actually
> sells records in numbers normally associated with modern pop stars (over 30
> million sold so far). Unlike such Smooth Jazz pioneers as Grover Washington
> Jr. and David Sanborn, however, Kenny G only concentrates on what the mass
> public likes and doesn't branch out from what is expected of him. His
> melodies are of the most gentle breed, churning out endless hits and
> assisting in the conception of many children. A master of the ancient art of
> circular breathing, Kenny G also holds the record for holding a single note
> longer than any other musician.
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> To which I add:
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> That long note G produced is in the Guinness Book of records at 45 minutes.
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> Cheers,
> Steve
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