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‘Listening to Kenny G’ Review: You’ll Never Think About the Pop Sax Artist the Same Way Again

Say what you will, but I’ve always had a soft spot for Kenny G. I’m a sucker for the pure, spun-sugar sax appeal of instrumental hits like “Songbird,” “Silhouette” and the aptly named “Sentimental.” ...
NBC News

Kenny G is often a punchline. But a new documentary listens more closely.

Kenny G conquered American popular music, like it or not. The soprano saxophone melodist, born Kenneth Gorelick, skyrocketed to national celebrity in the 1980s with “smooth jazz” ballads like ...
CNN

Music critics mock Kenny G’s ‘safe sax.’ But a new documentary will change how you see him

If the Jazz Police began launching midnight raids against musicians who offended their sensibilities, Kenny G would be at the top of their list. The 65-year-old saxophone player has been called the ...
Decider

LISTENING TO KENNY G : STREAM IT OR SKIP IT?

Discover What’s Streaming On: Why do so many people loathe Kenny G’s music? Why do so many other people love it? That’s the conundrum considered by Listening to Kenny G (HBO Max), the latest ...
Yahoo

Kenny G sets the record straight about his haters and that infamous Miles Davis photo: 'If you're around long enough, quality is always going to rise to the top'

In the cold open of the new HBO documentary Listening to Kenny G, director Penny Lane explains that she set out to learn why the lite-jazz/adult-contemporary saxophonist is so polarizing, and why his ...
TheWrap

Kenny G Is Fine With Some People Hating His Music – Even Pat Metheny (Video)

Some people are not fans of saxophone and jazz icon Kenny G, and one of his most vocal detractors was Pat Metheny, another jazz icon, whose harsh takedown became one of the most widely read pieces of ...
BroadwayWorld

Kenny G Is Coming To The Van Wezel

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Grammy and American Music Award-winning saxophonist Kenny G returns to the Van ...
The New York Times

‘Listening to Kenny G’ Review: Good Sax?

Penny Lane’s documentary about the superstar sax player Kenny G shows an artist who can be defensive and self-satisfied almost simultaneously. By Glenn Kenny When you purchase a ticket for an ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Kenny G, the smooth-jazz king, is in on the joke

Kenny G wants you to know that he doesn’t like the term “smooth jazz.” “For me,” the saxophonist says in his new memoir, “Life in the Key of G,” “it evokes a feeling of something that’s too light, too ...
Hollywood Life

Kenny G Is The Music Of The Mountains In Busch Light’s Smooth Super Bowl Commercial

“Whenever you crack open a Busch Light, the mountains start singing,” says one wise outdoor enthusiast to another at the start of Busch Light’s commercial for Super Bowl LVI. Perhaps doubting the ...
Variety

‘Listening to Kenny G’ Review: You’ll Never Think About the Pop Sax Artist the Same Way Again

Director Penny Lane ('Nuts!') examines how popular success has made the top-selling instrumentalist one of the most reviled figures in commercial music, a field known for co-opting the counterculture.