SONGBIRD BY KENNY G CRACKED
SONGBIRD BY KENNY G MOVIE

A saxophonist can be just as expressive as a good singer, Kenny G say. David Sanborns rollicking Chicago Song has become a staple on pop and black playlists, Najees remake of Anita Bakers ' soulful Sweet Love make respectable showing in R & B and Jazz charts and Madhouse, group compose of Princes cohorts, got heavy black radio airplay at beginning of the year with Six, saxophone-spice jam. While it isnt often that Jazz-orient instrumental earns enough radio airplay to become hit, there have been other exceptions to rule this year-And theyve all been by saxophonists.

Not only will he perform on Sunday as part of the Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl, but he is also scheduled to headline two nights at Universal Amphitheatre in November. The saxophonist was once part of R & B / Jazz keyboardist Jeff Lorbers Fusion and also played with Barry Whites Love Unlimited Orchestra and has do stage work in bands of Diahann Carroll, Liberace and Mills Brothers. Is his fourth album, but first to Go gold. Duotones, produced by Preston Glass and Narada Michael Walden. Indeed, it is looking like new life for Kenny G. Songs represent the start of a new life to me. This record really breaks the rules, Kenny G said in a recent phone interview from Cincinatti, noting that the piece was inspired by the decision to move from Seattle, his birthplace, to Los Angeles.

SONGBIRD BY KENNY G MOVIE

I always think that if I had hit with instrumental, that it would either be a dance tune or taken from a movie score.

That biggest hit on that album would be gently melodic, yuppie-Jazz-oriented Songbird, was shock, he admit. His label, Arista Records, he claim, had pushed for more vocals on Duotones. While he had rack up modest hits in the past, including 1984 Kashif-produce Hi, How Ya Doin and last year's remake of Junior Walkers What does It Take to Win Your Love, both were funky, dance tunes featuring black R & B singers.

SONGBIRD BY KENNY G CRACKED

Nobody was more surprised than R & B / Jazz saxophonist Kenny G when Songbird, soothingly airy instrumental from his current Duotones album, cracked the Billboards Top 20 pop chart-And subsequently became the biggest hit of his career.

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