Klarinet Archive - Posting 000931.txt from 2000/01

From: Ken Wolman <ken.wolman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] So what's wrong with Kenny G?
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 09:51:02 -0500

reedman@-----.com wrote:
>
> I'll tell you what's wrong with Kenny G. in one word - depth.
>
> It all sounds the same. It's the jazz equivalent of Bruckner.

>From some people it's probably at least jealousy in part: the guy is
making oodles of money. However, that isn't all of it. He has good
technique and a beautiful tone, yes. I had a beautiful tone on the
clarinet when I was in the 9th grade. So what? Kenny G doesn't appear
to play better or as well as other people who specialize in the soprano
sax, a ballbreaking instrument no matter who's playing it. For example,
as anyone ever listened to what the lady with the funny name, Jane Ira
Bloom, can do with a soprano horn? Basically she can blow Kenny G. off
the stage. Or Steve Lacy, an innovator whose music is not always easy
to listen to but who I think has probably expanded the audience for the
instrument as well as added to the repertoire. Their technique is at
least as good as Kenny G's and they show something like imagination.

And there's always Sidney Bechet....

Ken
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