Kenny G gets possessed by Michael Brecker
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- Опубликовано: 18 янв 2023
- Original Video: • Kenny G / Vail Johnson...
(Kenny G vs Vail Johnson Sax vs Bass)
Kenny G - Tenor Sax
Transcribed by: Levi from Notebook Transcriptions
I did not expect that to come out of his horn...
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That was lit. Pat Metheny would probably refuse to admit that Kenny G ever played this.
Surely not
Comon.
I don't get it! Could anyone explain?
@@marcmarc172 same here
@@marcmarc172Pat Metheny hates Kenny G more than any ‘Jazz’ musician. He has a video where he calls Kenny the biggest trash Jazz musician out there. According to Pat, the world revolves around him due to him being a Legend in his own mind. To this day, i cant name one damn Metheny song-and im 45. Kenny is out to sell records and it bothers Pat that he has destroyed him in album sales and popularity. No one gives a shit about how good a Jazz musician is if they cant write a catchy tune and hold a massive audience for 3 minutes.
This is like if Kenneth Gorelick was possessed by Michael Brecker
Okay… jazz community, we have found the “new” lick.
"Kenny G. is an idiot." (Branford Marsalis)
Actually laughing so hard this is so interesting and funny
Even if the solo doesn’t fit with the song, it is still really funny and sounds cool to the audience.
i would say it fits.
but for non listeners its really hard to understand because there is no introduction to it. He just plays this out of nowhere. it would be more fitting to slowly approach this idea of improvisation
Kenny G is actually a VERY great saxophone player and is very very smart of what he chooses to play. He's obviously not the most talented nor technical, but he's extremely underrated in the jazz community because, hate. And overly loved in the pop community because average people have little music sense.
I used to think Kenny G doesn’t know how to play Jazz or is soft until i began listening closely to the end of most of his songs and heard lines and licks that will take years to master. He just chooses not to play Jazzy stuff not that he can't play it.
It's crazy that Kenny G knows how to play well/interestingly but just...doesn't. I get it...he does it for $$$, but surely at this point he could just go on stage, play a few of his hits, and then spice it all up with more interesting straight jazz stuff? I'm sure in his heart he prefers the real stuff (not to sound elitist)
I actually think Kenny G is doing what he actually likes, just happens the sound he likes brings money. If he is truly doing it just for the money then I fucking respect him, it takes a lot to tolerate that kind of music just for money
@@slmjkdbtl it takes a lot to tolerate 0:13 type of music, especially not for the money 😂
Just because it isn’t your taste doesn’t mean he isn’t playing well. He’s doing the style he likes and making millions of dollars. What makes you think he prefers the “real stuff” anyways?
Totally
Split my side laughing.
Wait a second, all the 'cool kids' have been telling me that Kenny can't play!!
He can’t
Jealous?
He can play! The 'cool kids' only know of Songbird and Going Home, so they haven't really heard him.
@@frankburn6312 You do know he toured with Jeff Lorber?? Do you think Lorber would hire him if he couldn't play!?!? You don't know what you're talking about. You may not like him, but that doesn't mean he can't play. You need to inform yourself better. Go watch the recent documentary about him. Or are you an ignorant coward??? ?? ?? ? ?
@@pikachuchujelly7628 Glad to know that you get it. Not saying that he's the greatest sax player to ever have lived but all these haters just lampoon themselves with their enmity. Hilarious.
Kenny plays what he wants because he loves to not because he can’t…old Kenny g live around duotunes album…much more grit. I like his rendition of Champagne live with George Duke. Plus it’s forced amongst college sax players to talk crap on G…most of them have half the chops and just learned a few lines from a Garzone or bergonzi book. 99 m% have half the chops of Kenny and only heard a standard album. Even sir valor says Kenny’s sound across all 3 horns being so similar is an amazing feat in its own in sac sound. Played for 30 years and still can enjoy a few Kenny live tunes.
The G
It sounds like he is poses by keny g and Michael is spinning in his grave !
RIP Mike ❣
Matt Damon was impressed
That moment when Kenny G became Kenneth Gorlick. Even more funny is that Pat Metheny wants to cage match both of them (which I would pay-per-view to watch). 😂
O cara toca um absurdo desse e nem faz força kkk
Kenny G plays what he wants and is very successful. Traditionalists with no imagination h ate this.
This is nothing. If you were living in Seattle and saw kenny before he blew up playing standards with local bands around town, you knew he could seriously smoke.
Wait is this really audio? I’m so confused
Yup he played that
This is really audio, yes. And video too!
More the other way around.
Anyone know the song?
Not sure if they were playing an actual tune here that had this as a section or if they were just vamping on those two chords. Probably the latter.
He’s doing a battle with the bass player in a Segway at the end of “Midnight Motion” I believe it’s from Kenny G live at Montreux in late 80s. The band and songs had some grit there. Couple good tracks from that video was Champagne with George Duke (who killed it), Sade, Midnight motion.
Link below for 3 part solo before the song begins where he just stands and plays without the band for the crowd. Round 3 = full beast mode. Yeah…whoever said Kenny can’t play…you’re crazy!
m.ruclips.net/video/ic6iIB_mSv0/видео.html
this shows how double meaningful and double hard jazz is compared to the classics where playing technically is enough. i wonder what classics would look like today if improvisation did not vanish at some moment
nice transcription, but this lick was not tasteful 😢 until the end!!
It's funny. That's what you get when you say kiss my ass to Kenny G lol
Who ever titled this (click-bait) clip has no idea how elementary, and easy, that '3-down, 1-up exercise' is to play....
I don't think you can really reduce what he played down to that and call it a day. He has some very advanced vocabulary and facility.
@@notebooktranscriptions I listened again and stand by my comment. I did hear a b5, but again, very simplistic...on the list of great sax players, Mr G.doesn't even rank...you probably think what he is playing is jazz.....I recognize it as 'fluff', I know because I used to play that way...
@@coajrmusic I'm not trying to suggest Kenny G is a great.
Thought I would unpack some of the concepts he plays here to maybe deliver a better appreciation of it:
Bar 6:
-Superimposing Lydian over the V (I guess this is what you were referring to by b5?)
-Angular lines
-Chromatic & diatonic enclosures
Bar 7:
-Classic jazz usage of triplets on arpeggios
-Diatonic enclosures & language
-Landing and holding on an extension
-Chromatic enclosure
Bar 8:
-Superimposing E triad over G7
-Sideslip
Bar 9:
-Sideslip
-Aeolian->Dorian
To name a few by following along with the transcription.
It can be super handy to dig into these things and pull them apart to see what is actually happening, otherwise it can be easy to dismiss it as a digital exercise like you mentioned because it sounds fast, when actually a lot of factors are at play.
My musical background is in jazz, yes I would call what he played jazz. Believe it or not, fluff & frills are jazz and actually a big part of the tradition.
@@notebooktranscriptions The fact you think that is jazz, is the major part of the problem. I know what jazz is, 'cause I learned how to play it in NOLA.... I would love to hear some of your recordings....I have a few of mine uploaded to YT.....
@@notebooktranscriptions it's bullshit like when he "played" giant steps
This is like if Kenneth Gorelick was possessed by Michael Brecker