That's my favorite response to being a saxophonist. I also enjoy well meaning family members (extended, I mean, as I've already beat it into the immediate that I don't like Kenny G) giving me Kenny G CDs because he's a saxophonist..."I know you would just love it!" Interesting assumption, that I would love any saxophonist just by the sheer grace of them being a saxophonist. I'm sorry that he is the representation of all saxophonists for the general public, this makes me sad. On Dolphy: I seem to remember reading that he used to enjoy playing to the birds (i.e. emulating them). Zach -----Original Message----- From: zorn-list-admin@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:zorn-list-admin@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Perfect Sound Forever Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 9:59 AM To: zorn-list@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: Kenny G John Gordon said: "whenever i tell people i'm a saxophonist the first thing they ask is " do you like kenny g?". fucking a what a lame ass question to ask." There's worse, believe me. When a jazz critic was recently talking to Mr. G about Charlie Parker, the eminent saxophonist insisted that the reason CP got the name "Yardbird" was because he made sounds like a bird on his saxophone. Excellent revisionist history, eh? Best, Jason -- Perfect Sound Forever online music magazine perfect-sound@furious.com http://www.perfectsoundforever.com _______________________________________________ zorn-list mailing list zorn-list@mailman.xmission.com To UNSUBSCRIBE or Change Your Subscription Options, go to the webpage below http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/zorn-list