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![]() BIOGRAPHY Kenny G has bragging rights of being the best selling saxophone player in history. The musician rose to fame in the 1980s, and has won the devotion of millions of fans of light jazz and pop music.Kenny G elevates the soprano sax to new heights with a smooth and fluid method to his melodies. His real name is Kenneth Gorelick , but was changed to Kenny G in 1976, when he began playing saxophone professionally at age 17 with Barry White's Love Unlimited Orchestra. He left the group behind when he began an accounting major at the University of Washington, but he kept his sax near, and recorded with the Seattle funk band Cold, Bold & Together. After graduation, he signed with the Jeff Lorber Fusion, and recorded one album with the group. He released his self-titled debut on that label in 1982. In 1986, he released Duotones, which quickly gained an international audience. The record sold over three million copies and led to work with superstars Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin and Natalie Cole. Since then, every album Kenny G releases has become a hit. 1992's Breathless sold over eight million copies in the United States alone. But his enormous commercial success has been met with enormous criticism from music world watchers. Critics have called his music light-weight and worthless, and unworthy of serious consideration. DISCOGRAPHY
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