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Listening to Kenny G

(SPEAKING IN MANDARIN) (AUDIENCE LAUGHS) -(SPEAKING IN MANDARIN)When I came into the...

(SPEAKING IN MANDARIN) (AUDIENCE LAUGHS) -(SPEAKING IN MANDARIN)
-(AUDIENCE LAUGHS) KENNY G:
When I came into the scene, I created maybe a new sound

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KENNY G: When I came into the scene,
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I created maybe a new sound.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
82
Timestamp in Movie
00:56:27
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.
You know, you can call it what you want, - Listening to Kenny G 00:08
You know, you can call it what you want,
And I don't think a lot of people can say - Listening to Kenny G 00:06
And I don't think a lot of people can say
♪ (SMOOTH JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ - Listening to Kenny G 00:29
♪ (SMOOTH JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
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,