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Listening to Kenny G

I've written the songs with just slightlydifferent melodies than I would normally do, but...

I've written the songs with just slightly
different melodies than I would normally do, but the chords are gonna be
way different. I want sophisticated
jazz chords, but I don't want it
to sound unrelatable. So I want to marry
a melody that's relatable with the sophistication
of the '50s and '60s jazz. And that was my challenge. Can I do that,
or is it just gonna sound off? One of the songs
on the record is, and hopefully, is gonna be
a virtual duet with Stan Getz

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I've written the songs
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with just slightly different melodies
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than I would normally do,
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but the chords are gonna be way different.
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I want sophisticated jazz chords,
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but I don't want it to sound unrelatable.
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So I want to marry a melody that's relatable
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with the sophistication of the '50s and '60s jazz.
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And that was my challenge.
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Can I do that, or is it just gonna sound off?
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One of the songs on the record is,
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and hopefully, is gonna be a virtual duet with Stan Getz.
Duration
35 seconds
Views
37
Timestamp in Movie
01:17:46
Uploaded
May 11, 2025
Genres
documentary, music
Production
HBO Documentary Films,The Ringer Films,Polygram Entertainment

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Movie Summary

An examination of the most popular instrumentalist of all time, Kenny G, and why he is polarizing to so many.
Stan Getz's sax was such a beautiful sound. - Listening to Kenny G 00:13
Stan Getz's sax was such a beautiful sound.
I wrote the song. - Listening to Kenny G 00:16
I wrote the song.
And I've spoken to his daughter and his son. - Listening to Kenny G 00:08
And I've spoken to his daughter and his son.
I know they're gonna hate it, - Listening to Kenny G 00:06
I know they're gonna hate it,
The jazz police will just have to do what they have to do. - Listening to Kenny G 00:04
The jazz police will just have to do what they have to do.
I've had reps with the jazz police not liking me, - Listening to Kenny G 00:06
I've had reps with the jazz police not liking me,
It's not gonna-- It's not gonna rock my world in a negative way. - Listening to Kenny G 00:04
It's not gonna-- It's not gonna rock my world in a...
(LAUGHS) - Listening to Kenny G 00:15
(LAUGHS)
Well, because some people decided - Listening to Kenny G 00:06
Well, because some people decided
I won it by literally beating other people. - Listening to Kenny G 00:05
I won it by literally beating other people.
My album had sold more than any of the other... - Listening to Kenny G 00:04
My album had sold more than any of the other...
And that's what the American Music Award was, really, was a-- - Listening to Kenny G 00:05
And that's what the American Music Award was, really, w...
CLIVE: With so many huge artists, - Listening to Kenny G 00:34
CLIVE: With so many huge artists,
You can play music to death. - Listening to Kenny G 00:48
You can play music to death.
I reminisce and wish that the old days - Listening to Kenny G 00:06
I reminisce and wish that the old days
So, for me, and my audience that's out there, - Listening to Kenny G 00:07
So, for me, and my audience that's out there,
Hey, Kenny G here for the 22 push-up challenge. - Listening to Kenny G 00:21
Hey, Kenny G here for the 22 push-up challenge.
Sometimes it's funny. - Listening to Kenny G 00:12
Sometimes it's funny.
So now, with my management, - Listening to Kenny G 00:17
So now, with my management,
-Good. -MANAGER: And we're lacking... - Listening to Kenny G 00:06
-Good. -MANAGER: And we're lacking...