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 Saxophone star Kenny G has started a new blog on his website, kennyg.com. The Rhythm & Romance artist has also created a place where fans can leave phone messages for him and, and other fans, to hear.
Kenny's first blog post is addressed to kids who want to begin playing. He says the best age to start is between 10 and 14, and he recommends the alto horn for beginners. He adds, "I always tell kids that are starting the sax to not get discouraged if they haven't got a good or beautiful sound, even after 4 to 5 years. It just takes time and patience and as long as they enjoy the instrument, that is the main thing."
Kenny recently launched his own line of professional and student saxophones, designed to his specifications. He explained some of the details that can affect the sound of a saxophone, from the boor -- or tube -- to the metal used,
Said Kenny: "Certain parameters make saxophones sound like this or like that. Well I have a saxophone I like the sound of, so we've got similar parameters to keep the tone in the ballpark. Then you've got the metal content, well what's the metal content these days? It could be part copper, part brass, nickel, all these kind of things. And the right combination also makes a difference in the saxophone. So there's a blend of lots of little things that make a saxophone sound really great or just OK."
To see more of Kenny's new website features, go to kennyg.com.
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 Jeff Kashiwa has a full plate these days, performing live dates with his own band Coastal Access, as well as with The Rippingtons, Acoustic Alchemy, and now the triple-threat package the Sax Pack with Kim Waters and Steve Cole. But the saxophonist stretches his talents even further with both live and virtual session work.
Kashiwa says that the technology revolution that allows people to share audio files over the Internet has allowed him to be productive without having to travel or move to a music center like Los Angeles or New York. He said: "I do sessions for other people, I record with the Rippingtons, with Acoustic Alchemy, and then also up and coming guys who are working on demo projects, I lend my services to them as well. Basically I'm a gun for hire. And every one of those sessions comes through e-mail. Like, 'OK. hey, can you do this?' 'Sure.' And they send me an mp3 of the thing they want me to play on top of, I put it into my Pro-Tools rig, record it, and I send them back my hi-res file, and off we go."
Kashiwa's Sax Pack has the Number Two smooth jazz single on the radio charts with the tune "Fallin' For You."
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 Dave Koz has once again been invited to perform at the pre-Emmy reception this year. The popular musician and broadcaster will entertain a star-studded television and film crowd at the 2008 Entertainment Tonight party sponsored by People magazine at Disney Hall in downtown Los Angeles on September 20th, the night before the 60th annual Emmy Awards.
Appropriately enough, Koz will be performing music from his Grammy-nominated album At The Movies.
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Smooth Jazz News: Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller, Victor Wooten Light Up 'Thunder' |
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 Extraordinary jazz bassists Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller, and Victor Wooten have joined forces as S.M.V. and will release their first album collaboration, titled Thunder, on August 12th. The Heads Up International release features tune written by each of the members.
Also contributing to Thunder are keyboardists Chick Corea and George Duke, trumpeter Michael "Patches" Stewart. and vocalist/beatboxer Butterscotch.
"We wanted to make a bass record with a sound that would be somewhat unexpected to the listener," says Clarke, the elder statesman of the three bass heroes. "The biggest hurdle was to make a record with three basses that would still be as musical as possible."
S.M.V. will roll out its Thunder at a special July 27th show at The Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.
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 The music and career of mogul Quincy Jones was celebrated in grand fashion at a special six-hour show marking his 75th birthday at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland July 14th. The show was billed as the main event of the internationally famous two-week summer jazz festival.
Patti Austin serenaded her godfather and frequent producer with "Makin' Whoopee" before performing a duet with Chaka Khan of "Miss Celie's Blues (Sister)," from the film The Color Purple.
The show featured old friends like saxophonist James Moody and keyboardist Herbie Hancock; longtime admirers like Mick Hucknall, Al Jarreau, Angelique Kidjo, and Petula Clark; and a crop of newer stars like Ledisi, Rahsaan Patterson, and Paolo Nutini.
"No words can describe the emotions I feel -- all these talented, loyal, giving people," Jones told the crowd, according to Reuters.
"I've had two aneurysms, but I'm glad God wasn't ready to take me. I stopped drinking six months ago or I would never have survived this," added the composer, producer, and humanitarian, who actually turned 75 back on March 14th.
A while back, Patti Austin talked about what it's like to record with Jones: "I love working with Quincy because he loves to throw stuff at me that I normally wouldn't tackle myself, and he's also tremendously encouraging when he does that, so he gives me this false sense of security that I can (laughs) perhaps pull it off."
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