Kenny G

Known for ActingBorn 1956-06-05 (age 70) Seattle, Washington, USA

Kenneth Bruce Gorelick, better known by his stage name Kenny G, is an American jazz saxophonist. His 1986 album, Duotones, brought him commercial success. Kenny G is one of the best-selling artists of all time, with global sales totaling more than 75 million records. Kenny G's career started with a job as a sideman for Barry White's Love Unlimited Orchestra in 1973; he was 17 and still in high school. He continued to play professionally while studying for a major in accounting at the University of Washington in Seattle, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude. He played with the funk band Cold, Bold and Together before becoming a credited member of The Jeff Lorber Fusion. He began his solo career after his period with Lorber. Kenny G has worked on several film soundtracks, including Dying Young and The Bodyguard. The song "Theme for Dying Young", written for that movie, was nominated for a Best Pop Instrumental Performance. Kenny G co-wrote the soundtrack of The Bodyguard, starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston, and performed his own song "Waiting for You" as well as his single "Even If My Heart Would Break". His music was also included in The Shadow and Miracle on 34th Street. His sixth studio album, Breathless, was released in 1992, and went on to become the best-selling instrumental album ever, with over 15 million copies sold worldwide, selling 12 million copies in the United States alone. The album included many hits such as "Forever in Love", the recipient of the Grammy Award for the Best Instrumental Composition and which charted in the Billboard Year-End Hot 100. "Sentimental" charted at No. 27 on the Adult Contemporary Chart, and "By the Time This Night Is Over", a collaboration with Peabo Bryson, peaked at No. 25 on the Hot 100. His first holiday album, Miracles, sold over 13 million copies, making it the most successful Christmas album to date. He also performed the "National Anthem of the United States" at the 1994 FIFA World Cup closing ceremony at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, on July 17, 1994. Kenny G earned a place in the Guinness Book of World Records in 1997 for playing the longest note ever recorded on a saxophone. Using circular breathing, Kenny G held an E-flat for 45 minutes and 47 seconds at J&R Music World in New York City. The same year, his song "Havana", from the album The Moment, was remixed by Todd Terry and Tony Moran and released to dance clubs in the U.S. The mixes went to No.1 on the Billboard Dance/Club Play Songs chart in April 1997. Kenny G's second holiday album, Faith, is the best selling holiday album of 1999 in the United States selling 2 million units according to Nielsen/SoundScan. The singles taken from the album, the traditional "Auld Lang Syne", reached No. 7 on the Hot 100. His rendition of "Auld Lang Syne" was, at the time of charting, popularized by the then-upcoming New Year celebration for 2000. At the time of its peak, it was also the oldest-written song to make the Hot 100 chartsRead more

Movies & web series

Michael Bolton: This Is Michael Bolton

Kenny G: An Evening Of Rhythm & Romance

Voices That Care

Futurama

Holey Moley

Hit Man: David Foster & Friends

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

The Ronn Lucas Show

Andrea Bocelli - Vivere Live in Tuscany

MTV Video Music Awards

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run

Christmas in Washington

Kenny G - Live at Montreux

In Whose Name?

Listening to Kenny G

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

MADtv

Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration

Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives

Drop the Mic

Saturday Night Live

The Bodyguard

Match Game

A Very Jonas Christmas Movie

A Bad Moms Christmas

Kenny G: An Evening of Rhythm and Romance - Live

Surprise, Surprise

Dirty Sexy Money

Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special

Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond

Traffic Jam

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

American Idol

Tamron Hall

The View

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

Britain's Got More Talent

2024 Back That Year Up with Kevin Hart & Kenan Thompson

The Postal Service Zoom Auditions

Wheedle's Groove

World Music Awards

Kenny G Live 1989