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KENNY G: When I started my career
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Listening to Kenny G

When I started my career, I hadn't listened a lotto traditional jazz. It was mostly just...

KENNY G:
When I started my career, I hadn't listened a lot
to traditional jazz. It was mostly just R&B stuff. Then I started to play
and listen to John Coltrane, and Miles, and Stan Getz

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KENNY G: When I started my career,
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I hadn't listened a lot to traditional jazz.
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It was mostly just R&B stuff.
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Then I started to play and listen to John Coltrane,
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and Miles, and Stan Getz.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
51
Timestamp in Movie
01:17:15
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.
And as, over the years, as that stuff has been absorbed by me, - Listening to Kenny G 00:12
And as, over the years, as that stuff has been absorbed by m...
I've written the songs - Listening to Kenny G 00:35
I've written the songs
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.