Klarinet Archive - Posting 000964.txt from 2000/01

From: "Ed Wojtowicz" <ewoj@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] So what's wrong with Kenny G?
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 20:25:11 -0500

Tone is very much a matter of personal preference. That said, I find his
tone to be grating. Somewhere in the range between a weed whacker and a
circular saw. I find that to my ear, Branford Marsalis tone on soprano is
just about ideal. It is well balanced, beautiful round tone. As to
technique, Kenny G can wiggle his fingers, but doesn't seem to say anything.
I would rather hear fewer notes that are well chosen.

Ed

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>From: Ken Wolman <ken.wolman@-----.com>
>To: klarinet@-----.org
>Subject: Re: [kl] So what's wrong with Kenny G?
>Date: Fri, Jan 28, 2000, 9:51 AM
>

> 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.

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