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Listening to Kenny G

What's for me? I listen to it at work

What's for me? I listen to it at work

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What's for me?
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I listen to it at work.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
82
Timestamp in Movie
00:58:59
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.
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)
-(AUDIENCE LAUGHS, APPLAUDS) -♪ (NOTE CONTINUES) ♪ - Listening to Kenny G 00:17
-(AUDIENCE LAUGHS, APPLAUDS) -♪ (NOTE CONTINUES) ♪
JASON: You know, to me, I look at him in two ways. - Listening to Kenny G 00:13
JASON: You know, to me, I look at him in two ways.
There's a lot of people for whom they would never - Listening to Kenny G 00:06
There's a lot of people for whom they would never
And maybe it was a kind of gateway - Listening to Kenny G 00:05
And maybe it was a kind of gateway
And yet, at the same time, - Listening to Kenny G 00:11
And yet, at the same time,
He's such a deeply problematic figure, - Listening to Kenny G 00:18
He's such a deeply problematic figure,
Never th-- I've honestly never put a lot of thought - Listening to Kenny G 00:07
Never th-- I've honestly never put a lot of thought
I mean, if I was a Black guy, - Listening to Kenny G 00:07
I mean, if I was a Black guy,
Then we have to look at what was pop radio like in, - Listening to Kenny G 00:05
Then we have to look at what was pop radio like in,
Because that's when I had my song "Songbird." - Listening to Kenny G 00:05
Because that's when I had my song "Songbird."