Real Name : Kenneth Gorelick Birthday : June 5, 1956 Birthplace : Seattle, Washington, USA Played saxophone in his high school band 1976 at age 17, started playing professionally with Barry White’s Love Unlimited Orchestra First recorded with a Seattle funk group, Cold, Bold & Together Graduated in University of Washington with a degree in accounting Recorded two albums with Jeff Lorber Fusion 1981 signed with Artista Records as solo artist 1982 released his debut album, Kenny G ‘Songbird’ in his fourth album Duotones was a smash hit that made him well known even in international music scene Guest appearances in recordings and shared the stage with famous singers like Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Frank Sinatra Dionne Warwick and Natalie Cole 1991 performed the score and theme of Dying Young, a Julia Roberts film 1994 won Best Instrumental Composition, Grammy Award for Forever in Love
2004 His latest work At Last…The Duets Album features some of the big name performers like Yolanda Adams, Burt Bacharach, David Benoit, Earth, Wind & Fire, Daryl Hall, Chaka Khan, David Sanborn, Arturo Sandoval and Barbra Steisand. RECORDINGS |