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Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 20:53:04 -0400
From: The Bernadettes
Subject: [Fwd: Right ON (Re: Soul in the hearts eye)]

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Subject: Re: Right ON (Re: Soul in the hearts eye)
References:

Scott Allen wrote:

> I wonder if it's the music or the paycheck he's getting off on. Kenny is
> obviously a great player. He can probably play killer
> jazz/bepop stuff. It's probably just that by playing that sugar pablum
> sappy crap he can make big bucks.
> -----
>
> What makes you think that Kenny G doesn't like his own music? Perhaps he
> can play killer jazz/bepop stuff but doesn't want to because he doesn't
like
> to.

> You maybe very well correct on that assertion. Though if you read my
> sentence, I never said he didn't like his own music. I just stated that
money
> maybe a motivating factor in why he plays what he plays. He found a sound
> that was a commercial success for him and he sticks to it. I don't know
Kenny
> G or why he does what he does, it was simply an assumption on my part. He
may
> truly enjoy what he plays, and if that's so, he's very lucky that he can
play
> what he really loves and be a commercial success.

>
> The public (and his record company) expects this of him, so he delivers
the
> goods, and walks away with a nice paycheck. Look how many great
> virtuoso musicians are out there these days, barely making enough on a gig
> to cover their expenses, unknown to the general
> public. So Kenny sold out. I've done more than my share of low paying
> crappy gigs, and probably a lot of you have too. Can
> you really blame him? Still, I'll take Etta anyday over Kenny!
>
> -----
>
> Please explain excatly how Kenny G. *sold out*. Just because someone
plays
> music you don't like doesn't mean they have *sold out* (if selling out is
> even possible).

Again an assumption on my part. First, I don't call music I don't like
selling out, I call music I don't like, music I don't like. Selling out is
playing music that is financially comfortable to your record label or your
wallet than playing music that takes chances or pushes boundaries. Kenny
G., if
he indeed is a great jazz/bebop player, could do a lot to silence his
critics by
putting out a more jazz/bebop/avant garde recording, or just put out
something
that is different than what people are accustomed to hearing from him. He's
got
big enough a name that he can do it.
I reckon back to the 70's when Johnny Winter at the height of his rock
star
career, took time away from playing rock arenas to make, produce, record,
several albums and do a night club tour with Muddy Waters. Johnny could
have
continued to make his label happy by putting out the same commercially
succesful
blues oriented hard rock he was playing at the time, but he decided to
record
and get some commercial recognition to his long time idol, Muddy Waters.

Don D.

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