Hello, ....can't stand the G man myself, but whenever I think of him, I think of the late Hal Russell. On his CD "Hal's Bells" there is a cut titled "Kenny G" and the notes say this: "This is the one the NRG Ensemble refused to play. 'They don't like Kenny G, so they don't like the piece' reports Hal. 'A lot of sax players hate his sound, but I think it's kind of, uh, interesting. Plus he's the only person to have put an instrumental in the Top 40 in recent memory and you have to respect him for that.' Hal reflects momentarily. 'Well, you don't HAVE to.'" Don't have to is right. I remain... Joseph NP: The Raincoats- s/t CD NR: Jack Kerouac- "Big Sur" -----Original Message----- From: zorn-list-admin@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:zorn-list-admin@mailman.xmission.com]On Behalf Of skip Heller Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 12:29 PM To: Zachary Steiner; perfect-sound@furious.com; zorn-list@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: Kenny G on 10/8/02 8:54 AM, Zachary Steiner at zsteiner@butler.edu wrote:
I'm sorry that he is the representation of all saxophonists for the general public, this makes me sad.
Makes you nostalgiac for Chuck mangione, who at least could play really well. skip h _______________________________________________ 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