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Listening to Kenny G

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what it sounds like

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Now let's see what it sounds like.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
548
Timestamp in Movie
00:24:09
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.
♪ (SAXOPHONE NOTES PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS) ♪ - Listening to Kenny G 00:06
♪ (SAXOPHONE NOTES PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS) ♪
Perfect. Okay, so, how many edits are there? - Listening to Kenny G 00:04
Perfect. Okay, so, how many edits are there?
I mean, it may look like it's sterile, - Listening to Kenny G 00:04
I mean, it may look like it's sterile,
It's like, "Why doesn't that sound right to me?" - Listening to Kenny G 00:11
It's like, "Why doesn't that sound right to m...
Some people just wanna do a take from start to finish, - Listening to Kenny G 00:07
Some people just wanna do a take from start to finish,
♪ (SAXOPHONE NOTES PLAYING) ♪ - Listening to Kenny G 00:16
♪ (SAXOPHONE NOTES PLAYING) ♪
I want to do an album that sounds like - Listening to Kenny G 00:07
I want to do an album that sounds like
So it's called New Standards. - Listening to Kenny G 00:04
So it's called New Standards.
Because there's Charlie Parker, that's Dizzy Gillespie. - Listening to Kenny G 00:05
Because there's Charlie Parker, that's Dizzy Gille...
And then, this keyboard player, - Listening to Kenny G 00:05
And then, this keyboard player,
-It is Monk! -Yes. (CHUCKLES) - Listening to Kenny G 00:06
-It is Monk! -Yes. (CHUCKLES)
This is the paradox of Kenny G's musical world. - Listening to Kenny G 00:06
This is the paradox of Kenny G's musical world.
It does come from a tradition. - Listening to Kenny G 00:04
It does come from a tradition.
And yet, Kenny G's music - Listening to Kenny G 00:07
And yet, Kenny G's music
♪ (SMOOTH JAZZ PLAYING) ♪ - Listening to Kenny G 00:14
♪ (SMOOTH JAZZ PLAYING) ♪
♪ (UPBEAT JAZZ PLAYING) ♪ - Listening to Kenny G 00:11
♪ (UPBEAT JAZZ PLAYING) ♪
♪ (TRUMPET SOLO PLAYS) ♪ - Listening to Kenny G 00:18
♪ (TRUMPET SOLO PLAYS) ♪
In the music of Kenny G, - Listening to Kenny G 00:06
In the music of Kenny G,
I don't really listen to much music, I don't read the paper, - Listening to Kenny G 00:06
I don't really listen to much music, I don't read ...
INTERVIEWER: Are you influenced by the great saxophonists of the-- - Listening to Kenny G 00:05
INTERVIEWER: Are you influenced by the great saxophonists of...