One of my all time favorite smoothie jazz is
Kenny G. My partner and I at the Power Company they allowed us to listen to music all day in the field if we chose to. Mike and I installed a top notch car tuner head and installed pretty good speakers on the back doors so when opened, we could enjoy music all day in the Substations. Both of us enjoyed smooth jazz and hearing Kenny G play his sax I had to purchase the Silhouette cd, one of my absolute favorites. I purchased quite a few jazz albums from daily listening to this local smooth jazz station. Thats where I was introduced to the Artists on the Windham Hill label, wonderful musicians, guitar, piano, you name it.

quote:

Originally posted by raggedhole:
The Jazz Crusaders aka The Crusaders

I will admit to be very partial to their Urban Renewal LP. Great stuff!

I’m not really a Jazz fan. I have a handful of albums, and I would respond with something like Trane or Miles Davis. My brother, however is a serious fan of Jazz, so I asked him. He said this.

Chris Botti - Italia, in Boston, A Thousand Kisses
The Rippingtons- Tourist in Paradise
Paul Hardcastle- Chill Lounge
Richard Elliot
Brian Culbertson

Maynard Ferguson's Chameleon.

The Pat Metheny Group's "Letter from Home" and "As falls Wichita so falls Wichita Falls". Followed closely by Spyro Gyro's "Catching the Sun"

Pretty much anything from the Rippingtons, Candy Dulfer, Fourplay or Spyro Gyra...I’m a smooth jazz kinda cat ...

Rippingtons would love to see them sometime.
Fourplay
years ago, I listened to Kenny G live, alot...great stuff, amazing musicianship

quote:

Originally posted by ptb351:
years ago, I listened to Kenny G live, alot...great stuff, amazing musicianship

You're joking, right?

I'm still learning about jazz but so far if it has a sax I like it. I've been looking up all the artists in this thread that I haven't heard.

The tv show Bosch actually turned me on to jazz when I first heard Art Pepper. I looked him up on youtube and several of the comments were from people that heard his music on Bosch.

Candy Dulfer and Dave Stewart

quote:

Originally posted by mark60:
Candy Dulfer and Dave Stewart

[FLASH_VIDEO]<iframe frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/86BmSaXZMHw" width="560"></iframe>[/FLASH_VIDEO]

I love that tune. Candy was and still is a hottie. Excellent all around saxophonist, though she's more of a funk artist. She loves to live upstairs in the altissimo range.

quote:

Originally posted by houndawg:

quote:

Originally posted by ptb351:
years ago, I listened to Kenny G live, alot...great stuff, amazing musicianship

You're joking, right?

I am not. His band was great.

quote:

Originally posted by ptb351:

quote:

Originally posted by houndawg:

quote:

Originally posted by ptb351:
years ago, I listened to Kenny G live, alot...great stuff, amazing musicianship

You're joking, right?

I am not. His band was great.

Kenny G was and is a terrible musician. He made lots of money tricking the ignorant into thinking he was actually good.

quote:

Originally posted by houndawg:

quote:

Originally posted by ptb351:

quote:

Originally posted by houndawg:

quote:

Originally posted by ptb351:
years ago, I listened to Kenny G live, alot...great stuff, amazing musicianship

You're joking, right?

I am not. His band was great.

Kenny G was and is a terrible musician. He made lots of money tricking the ignorant into thinking he was actually good.

You have got to be kidding, right?
Kenny G whether you do or not enjoy the sound was a prodigy from a young age and most certainly is very talented.
C'mon Man.

I know we’re drifting this thread, but...

While I like Kenny G, he cannot hold a candle to the likes of Charlie Parker, Ben Webster, and Cannonball Adderley. In my mind, those guys are 16oz prime ribs while Kenny G is cotton candy: sweet, but insubstantial.

Thanks for sharing this. Awesome rendition

quote:

Originally posted by mark60:
Candy Dulfer and Dave Stewart

[FLASH_VIDEO]<iframe frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/86BmSaXZMHw" width="560"></iframe>[/FLASH_VIDEO]

quote:

Originally posted by smschulz:

quote:

Originally posted by houndawg:

quote:

Originally posted by ptb351:

quote:

Originally posted by houndawg:

quote:

Originally posted by ptb351:
years ago, I listened to Kenny G live, alot...great stuff, amazing musicianship

You're joking, right?

I am not. His band was great.

Kenny G was and is a terrible musician. He made lots of money tricking the ignorant into thinking he was actually good.

You have got to be kidding, right?
Kenny G whether you do or not enjoy the sound was a prodigy from a young age and most certainly is very talented.
C'mon Man.

I'm absolutely not kidding. Kenny G is neither a prodigy nor is he a talented musician. The only thing he's talented at is making money by impressing those who know nothing about music. He's a laughing stock in the jazz world, especially amongst saxophonists.

A popular joke among musicians:

“What did Kenny G say when he stepped into the elevator?”

“This music is smokin’!”

quote:

Originally posted by houndawg:

I'm absolutely not kidding. Kenny G is neither a prodigy nor is he a talented musician. The only thing he's talented at is making money by impressing those who know nothing about music. He's a laughing stock in the jazz world, especially amongst saxophonists.

You're WRONG but I have read up on all the hate for Kenny G.
Not going to debate it but I understand where you are coming from as it only develops into a pissing contest and no need for that.

Many excellent artists in this thread. Most I've enjoyed, though I won't single out the albums.

I just gotta add Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli together.

Also, Sarah Vaughan.