[Dixielandjazz] Kenny G calls it . . .

[Robert S. Ringwald]

Steve Barbone says:

> Bob Ringwald doubts my information on Kenny G and asks if I know for sure
> that he does not call his music it jazz. Well, I wouldn't bet my life on 
> it,
> but I would bet the Farm.
(snip)

Steve, I never said that I doubted it.  I simply asked for your sources.

Steve gives these quotes:

>
> Here are a few quotes from bios, and interviews. No doubt you can find 
> these
> and MANY more like them on the internet. Or from other sources.
>
> -----begin quotes
>
> "Kenny G is often quoted as defending his crowd-pleasing sound as
> instrumental pop, not jazz"
>
> "Kenny G himself says he doesn't play jazz."
>
> "Though he claims not to be a jazz musician, Kenny G has been criticized 
> by
> some jazz players for what they regard as pedestrian, soulless playing."
>
> Even the NY Times (see Below) in 1993 was careful not to call it jazz.
>
> "NY TIMES - by STEPHEN HOLDEN - June 24, 1993"
>
> "If the music of the popular soprano saxophonist Kenny G is lightweight 
> and
> shamelessly crowd-pleasing, it is also hard to dislike. This 36-year-old
> instrumentalist from Seattle, whose full name is Kenny Gorelick, has
> invented his own brand of amiable mood music. Ceaselessly melodic and 
> gentle
> in spirit (even when driven by a rhythm-and-blues backbeat), it evokes
> idyllic Pacific Ocean vistas, and birds curling and dipping into
> picture-postcard sunsets."
>
> ---------end quotes



Great!  That is exactly what I was asking for.  Thanks.


>
> The list goes on and on. If inquiring minds do not wish to believe what I
> wrote about it, dig out the information yourself. So we don't have to pee 
> on
> that 3rd rail to see if it carries electricity.



Steve, I would say that I have an inquiring mind.  That is why I asked.

--Bob Ringwald