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Listening to Kenny G

So it's called New Standards. This is the inspiration, right?

So it's called New Standards. This is the inspiration, right?

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So it's called New Standards.
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This is the inspiration, right?
Duration
4 seconds
Views
411
Timestamp in Movie
00:25:31
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.
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...
I think I would say I was influenced-- - Listening to Kenny G 00:08
I think I would say I was influenced--
The John Coltrane and the Charlie Parker, - Listening to Kenny G 00:04
The John Coltrane and the Charlie Parker,
But that music was never heartfelt for me, - Listening to Kenny G 00:07
But that music was never heartfelt for me,
You know, Kenny G is playing music - Listening to Kenny G 00:07
You know, Kenny G is playing music
Jazz is a very complicated art form, - Listening to Kenny G 00:09
Jazz is a very complicated art form,
I mean, it's really like getting-- it's like getting - Listening to Kenny G 00:05
I mean, it's really like getting-- it's like getti...
It is not the same as just picking up your horn - Listening to Kenny G 00:05
It is not the same as just picking up your horn
Part of what makes jazz interesting - Listening to Kenny G 00:06
Part of what makes jazz interesting