Kenny G

[jim70]

What model tenor does he blow?
J

[candiceartisan]

Does he really play a tenor in addition to a soprano?? I don't know because I change the station when he comes on.
Candy

[GAS_Wyo]

FOTFLMAO!!!
:D :D :D

[Doghouse Riley]

I've never had any time for Kenny "Twiddly, diddly" G.
Instantly recognisable after four bars 'cos he'll have done at least three "twiddly diddlies" by then.

[BandMan]

It looks to me like a vintage Selmer Mark VI

[gary]

Jim - you'll have to forgive the above comments regarding the Gster, for they know not what they do. There must already be a couple of thousand of anti-Kenny G comments on various forum threads.

Many of us whore ourselves nightly in cover bands to have fun and make a buck, he just does it better. But somehow, "that's different". Some here are just resentful that the general public would make a millionaire out of someone who lacks the basic artistry and talent that thousands of other musicians posess, who must spend their lives living in modest, or worse, means. :D

Anyway, whenever you have questions about a player's set-up a good place to start is www.mouthpieceheaven.com >resources >players set-ups. It's not always current but it's a starter. Here's what it says about the Gster's tenor set-up:

Selmer Mark VI Tenor Saxophone, RIA Metal #8, Hemke 2 1/2

BTW Kenny G is one of the few I've heard who have such a consistent concept of their sound in both tenor and alto that I believe he could start an ascending scale on tenor and switch on alto as the scale ascended and you would never know where he changed horns.

[jim70]

Thank you for your expanation.
Jim

[A Greene]

Gary - I agree

Say what you want about Kenny G - but he definitely has his playing together. Now - what he plays is another issue.

[GHawk]

Gary,

I have noticed that about his playing also. His tone on soprano sounds the same to me, too. I'm no Kenny G, but my tenor sound is 180 degrees opposite my soprano playing and alto falls somewhere inbetween. Everybody has their own tonal concepts for the different saxes and mine is different for each one - neither concept is not right or wrong, in my opinion.