his total album sales top 30 million copies. Kenny G’s own records have sold remarkably well, particularly Breathless, which has easily topped eight million copies in the U.S. Soon he was in demand for guest appearances on recordings of such famous singers as Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, and Natalie Cole. His fourth album, Duotones(which included the very popular “Songbird”), made him into a star. Soon he was signed to Arista, recording his debut as a leader in 1982. After graduating from the University of Washington, Kenny G worked with Jeff Lorber Fusion, making two albums with the group. He recorded with Cold, Bold & Together (a Seattle-based funk group) and freelanced locally. Kenny Gorelick started playing professionally with Barry White‘s Love Unlimited Orchestra in 1976. However, because he is listed at the top of “contemporary jazz” charts and is identified with jazz in the minds of the mass public, he is classified as jazz. Because he does not improvise much (sticking mostly to predictable melody statements), his music largely falls outside of jazz. He’s a fine player with an attractive sound (influenced a bit by Grover Washington, Jr.) who often caresses melodies, putting a lot of emotion into his solos. Watch a trailer for Music Box on HBO and tune in throughout November and December for the premieres of the remaining installments.A phenomenally successful instrumentalist whose recordings routinely made the pop, R&B, and jazz charts during the 1980s and ’90s, Kenny G‘s sound became a staple on adult contemporary and smooth jazz radio stations.
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I sit here now experiencing the full impact of having trusted someone who did not warrant being trusted,” Morrissette said following the film’s premiere. “This was not the story I agreed to tell. The singer-songwriter, who sits for an eye-opening interview in the documentary, maintains that it contains “implications and facts that are simply not true.” Morrissette has already taken aim at Jagged following the film’s premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, after which she rescinded her support for the project. Related: Watch The New Trailer For Peter Jackson’s Beatles Documentary ‘Get Back’ The film will premiere on December 9th before Music Box concludes on the 16th with an examination of the late rapper Juice WRLD, titled Juice WRLD: Into The Abyss. Saturday Night, which documents the Australian impresario’s impact on popular culture as he produced such films as Saturday Night Fever, Grease, Tommy, Jesus Christ Superstar, and more. A profile of jazz legend Kenny G, Listening To Kenny G, will follow on December 2nd. Music Box returns the following week with DMX: Don’t Try To Understand, offering an intimate look at the late rapper (born Earl Simmons) following his release from prison in 2019. The six-part mini-series will continue on November 18th with Jagged, profiling the creation of Alanis Morissette’s groundbreaking 1995 album, Jagged Little Pill. The series, executive produced by 30 for 30‘s Bill Simmons, began back in July with the premiere of Woodstock ’99: Peace, Love, And Rage. Feature-length films on DMX, Alanis Morissette, Kenny G, Juice WRLD, and Robert Stigwood will premiere exclusively on HBO throughout November and December. HBO has announced release dates for the remaining installments of the Music Box documentary series.
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