Re: Kenny G

Joe Spaeth (jspaeth@unm.edu)
Fri, 12 Apr 1996 09:15:07 -0700


>
>I would have to say that Kenny G could only swing if he was hanging from a
>rope in a strong breeze. BUT, Kenny Gorelick on a tenor really can bop! I
>was listening to my local NPR/Jazz station and hear an old track of Kenny
>before he shortened his surname(sorry Simon I don't remember the album.)
>Back then he played great jazz.
>
>later,
>erik g

He (KG) used to play with a group called Jeff Lorber Fusion in the early
80's. The first few albums by this group were not bad (if my memory is
right, it's been awhile), although I heard they were better live. I never
saw them, but was told by a student at Berkley School of Music in Boston
that they had an incredibly tight rhythm section. Maybe this is what you
heard on the radio, since I don't know that he had any solo albums before
dropping his last name.

Joe