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Listening to Kenny G

?? (SMOOTH JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ And then people decided there should be a whole...

�� (SMOOTH JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ And then people decided there should be a whole radio
format like my music. RADIO HOST:
Welcome to the birth of Philadelphia's newest
radio station, WJJZ 106.1 FM. We're proud to present
a music format that's never been showcased
here before. We call it smooth jazz. In our debut hour, we'll hear "Champagne"
from Kenny G. So I became, like,
this face of this sound

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♪ (SMOOTH JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
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And then people decided
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there should be a whole radio format like my music.
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RADIO HOST: Welcome to the birth
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of Philadelphia's newest radio station,
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WJJZ 106.1 FM.
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We're proud to present a music format
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that's never been showcased here before.
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We call it smooth jazz.
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In our debut hour,
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we'll hear "Champagne" from Kenny G.
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So I became, like, this face of this sound.
Duration
29 seconds
Views
89
Timestamp in Movie
00:56:53
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 they decided to call it "smooth jazz," - Listening to Kenny G 00:15
And they decided to call it "smooth jazz,"
We were market researchers, - Listening to Kenny G 00:13
We were market researchers,
They had a little dial in their hand, - Listening to Kenny G 00:06
They had a little dial in their hand,
You turn it up, like the volume. - Listening to Kenny G 00:07
You turn it up, like the volume.
And then Kenny G would come on... - Listening to Kenny G 00:11
And then Kenny G would come on...
And then we would say, - Listening to Kenny G 00:13
And then we would say,
She's thinking, she says, "It's jazz." - Listening to Kenny G 00:10
She's thinking, she says, "It's jazz."
And we were all like, "That's it." - Listening to Kenny G 00:04
And we were all like, "That's it."
WNUA in Chicago was the first station in the country - Listening to Kenny G 00:16
WNUA in Chicago was the first station in the country
What's for me? - Listening to Kenny G 00:05
What's for me?
I think I perform better. I hope my bosses say that. - Listening to Kenny G 00:04
I think I perform better. I hope my bosses say that.
This format got a lot of traction in offices. - Listening to Kenny G 00:05
This format got a lot of traction in offices.
It was something that everybody could agree on - Listening to Kenny G 00:19
It was something that everybody could agree on
ALLEN KEPLER: The key was to make it palatable for a big tent. - Listening to Kenny G 00:11
ALLEN KEPLER: The key was to make it palatable for a big ten...
"I didn't really know I liked jazz, but I like this." - Listening to Kenny G 00:09
"I didn't really know I liked jazz, but I like thi...
CHRIS: In the 1980s and the 1990s, - Listening to Kenny G 00:10
CHRIS: In the 1980s and the 1990s,
But at the same time, you have someone named Kenny G, - Listening to Kenny G 00:29
But at the same time, you have someone named Kenny G,
WILL LAYMAN: People sometimes legitimately ask, - Listening to Kenny G 00:56
WILL LAYMAN: People sometimes legitimately ask,
Imagine how they would feel about the Harlem Globetrotters - Listening to Kenny G 00:12
Imagine how they would feel about the Harlem Globetrotters
-♪ (PLAYING SINGLE NOTE) ♪ -(AUDIENCE CHUCKLES) - Listening to Kenny G 00:04
-♪ (PLAYING SINGLE NOTE) ♪ -(AUDIENCE CHUCKLES)