Saxophonist Kenny G

Kenny G

Living place: Seattle

Birthday: 5-6-1956 (68 years old)

Population of US 1956: 168,903,031

Global rank: #13584

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Who is Saxophonist Kenny G?
Kenny G's full name is Kenneth Bruce Gorelick, an American saxophonist. He became famous with his fourth album titled Duotones in 1986. When mentioning Kenny G, people will immediately think of the image of a soprano saxophone player, but he also sometimes plays the alto trumpet, flute and tenor saxophone. He is a modern-day instrumental music composer whose best-selling records are among the best-selling music artists of all time, with a total sales of more than 75 million records worldwide. Around the world.
When he was a high school student at Franklin School, Washington, Kenny G failed to form a Jazz band. The following year, he made up his mind and formed a successful band. In 1976, he began working as a musician with Barry White, Love Unlimited Orchestra, when he was just 20 years old. At that time, he was majoring in accounting. After graduating from the University of Washington, he became a member of a funk band called Cold, Bold & Together. Then became a member of the band The Jeff Lorber Fusion.
He began his solo career after playing in the band The Jeff Lorber Fusion. In 1982, Kenny G signed a contract with Arista Records when he received an invitation from the label's director at that time, Clive Davis. He has released many singles and collaborated with many famous singers such as: Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Natalie Cole, Steve Miller (which marked the only time he appeared on a rock and roll album) and Toni Braxton.
Kenny G's music is influenced by Grover Washington, Jr. , Kenny G's albums are often classified as smooth jazz. He became more successful than before, with both G Force and Gravity, his second and third albums reaching platinum status in the US. These albums all sell very well with over 5 million copies sold in the US market alone. The fifth album, titled Breathless, became the best-selling instrumental album of all time, with sales of more than 15 million copies, 12 million copies in the US market alone.
In 1997, Kenny G entered the Guinness Book of Records by playing the longest note on a saxophone for 45 minutes and 47 seconds. As of 2003, he was named the 25th best-selling album in the US market by the RIAA, with 48 million albums sold in the US as of July 31, 2006. In 1994, with the work Forever in Love, Kenny G won a Grammy Award. He created his own line of saxophones and named them "Kenny G Saxophones".
 
 

Young / Before famous

He went from elementary school to college all in his hometown of Seattle.

Family life info

He married Janice DeLeon on June 15, 1980; After their divorce, he remarried Lyndie Benson on April 5, 1992.

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When was Saxophonist Kenny G born?
Kenny G birthday 5-6-1956 (at the age of 68).
Where is Saxophonist Kenny G's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Kenny G was born in Seattle, Washington- United States. Mr, whose Zodiac is Gemini, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Monkey. Kenny G's global rank is 13584 and whose rank is 2 in list of famous Saxophonist. Population of US in 1956 is about 168,903,031 persons.
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Events in 1956 and 5-6

Events in US in the birth year of Kenny G

  • Autherine Lucy, the first black student at the University of Alabama, is suspended after riots (March 1).
  • U.S. tests the first aerial hydrogen bomb over Namu islet, Bikini Atoll with the force of 10 million tons TNT (May 21). Background: nuclear weapons

Birthday Kenny G (5-6) in history

  • Day 5-6 year 1783: Inventors Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier first flew in a hot air balloon they invented successfully.
  • Day 5-6 year 1884: Civil War hero Gen. William T. Sherman refused the Republican nomination for president with the words, “I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected.”
  • Day 5-6 year 1933: The United States went off the gold standard.
  • Day 5-6 year 1947: Sen. George Marshall proposed a plan (Marshall Plan) to help Europe recover financially from the effects of World War II.
  • Day 5-6 year 1967: The Arab-Israeli Six-Day War began.
  • Day 5-6 year 1968: Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was shot by an assassin and died the next day.
  • Day 5-6 year 1981: The Centers for Disease Control published the first report about the disease that would later become known as AIDS.
  • Day 5-6 year 2002: Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped from her Salt Lake City home.
  • Day 5-6 year 2004: Former president Ronald Reagan died.
  • Day 5-6 year 2013: The British newspaper the Guardian published the first of many stories based on leaks by Edward Snowden about the top-secret surveillance activities of the National Security Agency.
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