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[Instruments] [Instruments] [Instruments] [Instruments] Kenny G

Kenny G Concert info

with very special guest George Benson

At Harborlights
Thursday, June 26
7:30 p.m.
$51 and $36

Bio

Kenny G's musical style has been called smooth, soulful, melodic and romantic. His trademark jazz, rhythm and blues, pop, and funk places him in a rare stratosphere of artists. The last two album releases have forged into new musical territory, won new fans and made chart and sales history.


Kenny G had his just "moment" one night when he was 10 years old, watching a saxophone player on the Ed Sullivan Show. There have been many moments since, including being named Billboard Magazine's "Jazz Artist of the Decade" ('80s), performing at the 1993 Democratic National Convention, winning a Grammy Award in 1993 for Forever in Love, and being named on the Recording Industry Association of America's list of the 25 Top Selling Artists of All Time. His eight albums have sold over 36 million copies worldwide to date. The Moment is Kenny's first album of original material since the release of Breathless in 1992 and his ninth album to date.


The 12 song album includes a soulful duet with Toni Braxton titled That Somebody Was You. Grammy award-winning songwriter/producer Babyface lends his voice to a spiritually inspired duet, Everytime I Close My Eyes.


The other songs, all written and produced by Kenny include a Latin Rumba called Havana; a romantic classic Always; the Olympic-inspired anthem The Champion's Theme; Eastside Jam; and others.


What is now a holiday classic, Kenny G's eighth album, Miracles: The Holiday Album (released in '94), shattered a long standing record to become the biggest selling holiday album in history and the only holiday album to reach #1 on the Bilboard Album Chart in three decades.


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