| G tickets are guaranteed to bring out a series of | | | | of the high school band, and this experience allowed |
| varied emotions in every audience member, and | | | | him to add some technical value to his musical |
| it’s been that way for 25 years. Kenny G has | | | | approach. |
| long been known as an innovator with his signature | | | | Career |
| instrument, the soprano saxophone, and few have | | | | G got his career start when he was 20 and was |
| ever been able to create a mood with just one | | | | signed to play as a saxophone soloist for Barry |
| instrument. G has spent a lifetime perfecting his craft, | | | | White’s Love Unlimited Orchestra in 1976. It |
| and this artist is as dedicated to his vocation as | | | | was also at this time that he adopted his name, |
| anyone currently active on the music scene. A look at | | | | “Kenny G,” as it was more recognizable |
| his life and career path will help explain why | | | | than his birth-given moniker. During this time, G also |
| he’s reached the status of icon on the | | | | completed his college studies, and after establishing |
| worldwide music scene. | | | | himself musically with the likes of Barry White, G |
| Early Life | | | | signed his first record deal. |
| Kenneth Gorelick was born on June 5, 1956 in Seattle, | | | | G’s albums were a mix of solo work and |
| Washington. He lived a largely “normal” | | | | collaboration with the likes of Aretha Franklin, Whitney |
| childhood, and he got his start in music when his | | | | Houston, Natalie Cole, Toni Braxton and others. G also |
| mother rented him his first saxophone. G learned the | | | | continued to perfect his on-stage act, and Kenny G |
| instrument almost entirely on his own, as he spent | | | | tickets began to gain momentum on the musical |
| hours every day by himself learning to play by listening | | | | market. His solo work was as recognizable as any |
| to jazz records and teaching himself to play along with | | | | non-singer’s in the world. |
| the sounds he heard. His biggest influence was Grover | | | | G’s records also began to sell in a big way, and |
| Washington, Jr., and his ultimate style was and is a | | | | his 1986 release, Duotones, was the cut that made him |
| direct reflection of the “smooth” jazz | | | | famous world-wide. Since then, G has simply become |
| that he had hear on his record player and on the radio. | | | | one of the top-selling artists of all-time, and his musical |
| G was not a complete recluse during his early years, | | | | style, though panned by many who refuse to call his |
| however. He had a strong group of friends, and took | | | | work “true” jazz, is not only |
| part in several socially-driven activities during his | | | | recognizable but also influential. |
| teenage years. At Franklin High School, G was a top | | | | If you want to experience all the emotion that G puts |
| golfer for the high school team, and he continues to be | | | | forth in his performances, Kenny G tickets are |
| a top-flight amateur golfer to this day, appearing in | | | | guaranteed to give you a night of melodic jazz to |
| several pro-am events. G was also an active member | | | | remember. |