Happy Birthday Kenny G. ‘Super G’

This day (June 5, 1956), in Seattle, Washington, is born Kenneth Bruce Gorelick a.k.a Kenny G, an American contemporary and smooth jazz saxophonist.

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Happy Birthday Kenny G. ‘Super G’

Tracklist :

1 . Midnight Motion (1988)

2 . w/ Stevie Wonder – Besame Mucho (2009)

3 . w/David Foster & Friends – Love Theme From St. Elmo’S Fire (2008)

4 . w/ Yolanda Adams – I Believe I Can Fly (2004)

5 . The Moment

6 . w/ Michael Bolton – How Am I Supposed To Live Without You (1990)

7 . Silhouette (1989)

8 . The Shuffle (1987)

9 . Pastel (1983)

Tracklist :

Songbird . Forever In Love . Silhouette . The Moment . Don’t Make Me Wait For Love . You’re Beautiful . You Raise Me Up . 0 . A Te . Yesterday .

SELECTED ALBUMS

Released on September 20, 2005, Illumination is the nineteenth album by Earth, Wind & Fire with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Kenny G, Kelly Rowland, will.i.am, and Brian McKnight. >>

‘Seeds from the Underground’ by Kenny Garrett is a studio album released on April 10, 2012. >>

The Eternal Triangle by Freddie Hubbard & Woody Shaw is an album recorded on June 11, 1987 with Ray Drummond, Carl Allen, Mulgrew Miller and Kenny Garrett. >>

Released on March 11, 2003, Standard of Language is an album (co-produced with Marcus Miller) by Kenny Garrett. >>

Kenny G’s Heart and Soul is his thirteenth studio album released on June 29, 2010, >>

Released on January 13, 2004, These Times is an album by Mike Stern with Richard Bona, Vinnie Colaiuta and Kenny Garrett… >>

Released on November 23, 2004, At Last…The Duets Album is the second cover album by Kenny G. >>

Released on October 20, 1992, Breathless is the sixth studio album by Kenny G. >>

Rleased on September 17, 2013, Pushing the World Away is a studio album by Kenny Garrett. >>

MORE VIDEOS

[1985] the Freddie Hubbard Quintet – that is Freddie Hubbard (tp, flug), Kenny Garrett (as, fl), Mark Templeton (p), Ira Coleman (b) and Carl Allen (d) – plus Dizzy Gillespie and Woody Shaw as guests will be at the Berlin Jazz Festival in West Berlin >> 69 MINUTES on RVM >>

[1990] Miles Davis and Kenny Garrett are in Tokyo to perform at the Greening of the World concert, organised by Yoko Ono to commemorate the 50th anniversary of John Lennon’s birth. >> 5 MINUTES on RVM >>

[1990] Miles Davis (tp, kb) plays with Kenny Garrett (s, fl), Joseph Mccreary (g, voc), Kei Akagi (kb), Richard Patterson (b), Ricky Wellman (d), Erin Davis (perc) at Kunstinsel in Hamburg, Germany >> 115 MINUTES on RVM >>

[2016] Ambrose Akinmusire, Melissa Aldana, Richard Bona, Regina Carter, Kurt Elling, Roberto Fonseca, Kenny Garrett, Herbie Hancock, Quincy Jones, Ivan Lins, Marcus Miller, Youn Sun Nah, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Antonio Sánchez, Esperanza Spalding, Chucho Valdés and many more are gathered at Gran Teatro de la Habana Alicia Alonso in Cuba for the 6th International Jazz Day >> 49 MINUTES on RVM >>

[2012] the Kenny Garrett Quintet – that is Kenny Garrett (as), Vernell Brown (p), Corcoran Holt (b), McClenty Hunter (dr) and Rudy Bird (congas, perc) – is at Jazz Club in Hannover, Germany >> 10 MINUTES on RVM >>

[1988] Miles Davis with Kenny Garrett (as), Benny Rietveld (b), Foley (g), Ricky Wellman (d), Adam Holzman & Joey DeFrancesco (kb) and Marilyn Mazur (perc) perform two sets at the Sala Kongresowa in Warsaw, Poland for the Jazz Jamboree >> 53 MINUTES on RVM >>

[1985] Freddie Hubbard plays with Kenny Garrett (as), Mark Templeton (p), Ira Coleman (b) and Carl Allen (d) at Ancona Jazz Festival in Ancona, Italy >> 80 MINUTES on RVM >>

[2016] Chick Corea and Kenny Garrett plus Wallace Roney (tp), Christian McBride (db) and Marcus Gilmore (b) share the stage at Arena Flegrea in Napoli, Italy >> 28 MINUTES on RVM >>

[2012] Kenny Garrett (as) is with Corcoran Holt ‘b), McClenty Hunter (d), Vernell Brown (p) and Rudy Bird ‘perc) at Pancevo Jazz Festival in Pancevo, Serbia >> 19 MINUTES on RVM >>

[1987] Miles Davis will be with Kenny Garrett (as, fl), Robert Irving III (synth), Adam Holzman (synth), Joe Foley McCreary (g), Darryl Jones (el-b), Ricky Wellman (d) and Rudy Bird (perc) at Fabrik in Hamburg, Germany >> 206 MINUTES on RVM >>

[2010] Chick Corea Freedom Band – that is Chick Corea (p), Kenny Garett (as), Christian McBride (b) and Roy Haynes (d) – will headline at Vitoria-Gasteiz Jazz Festival in Spain >> 81 MINUTES on RVM >>

[2012] the Kenny Garrett Quintet – that is Kenny Garrett (as), Vernell Brown (p), Corcoran Holt (b), McClenty Hunter (dr) and Rudy Bird (congas, perc) – is in Saint-Cloud, France >> 30 MINUTES on RVM >>

[2014] Kenny Garrett is with Vernell Brown (p), Corcoran Holt (b), McClenty Hunter (d) and Rudy Bird (perc) at Tournai Jazz Festival in Tournai, Belgium >> 27 MINUTES on RVM >>

[2014] the Kenny Garrett Quintet – that is Kenny Garrett (as, ss), Corcoran Holt (b), Trevor Watkis (p), Marcus Baylor (d) and Rudy Bird (p) – performs at Jazzwoche Burghausen in Wackerhalle, Germany >> 131 MINUTES on RVM >>

[2016] Chick Corea 75th Birthday Celebration: Homage to Heroes European tour with Kenny Garrett (s); Wallace Roney (tp); Christian McBride (b) and Marcus Gilmore (d) stops at North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam, The Netherlands >> 65 MINUTES on RVM >>

[1987] is the second day of the Mt Fuji Jazz Festival in Japan which presents this year Herbie Hancock Super Trio, Art Blakey’s Realtime Jazz Messengers, McCoy Tyner Quintet, Kenny Burrell, Jimmy Smith Blue Note All Stars, Kenny Garrett and Dianne Reeves >> 81 MINUTES on RVM >>

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Wikipedia : This day (June 5, 1956), in Seattle, Washington, is born Kenneth Bruce Gorelick a.k.a Kenny G, an American contemporary and smooth jazz saxophonist.

Kenny G :

@allmusic : A phenomenally successful instrumentalist whose recordings make the pop charts, his sound has been a staple on adult contemporary and smooth jazz radio stations since the mid-’80s, making him a household name.

@last.fm : His main instrument is the soprano saxophone, but he also on occasion plays alto and tenor saxophone. He started playing the saxophone when he was 10 years old, in 1966.

Kenny G @Discogs :

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