Klarinet Archive - Posting 000341.txt from 2000/06

From: GCalzati@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Pat Metheny interview regarding Kenny G.
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 06:18:12 -0400

In a message dated 6/10/00 10:49:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ewoj@-----.net
writes:

<< No, because those those guys are great players and he should not be
mentioned in the same paragraph with him. These guys are monster jazz
players who changed the face of the art form. He is merely a pop artist who
sells a lot of recordings. It is like comparing Herb Alpert with Clifford
Brown, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, etc. He sold many recordings with the
Tijuana Brass, but will never be considered among any list of the greats. >>

I was not comparing. I was saying that he is different from the other
players I mentioned.

Georgette

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