Why is Kenny G so hated by Jazz purists?

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Satan — 8 years ago(April 07, 2018 10:37 AM)

Kenny G, in the eyes of most jazz fans, purists and especially players embodies the idea of commercial smooth jazz, composed purely for mass consumption. Not much to think about, not particularly challenging in any sort of artistic or cultural way, and as a result many of them find his music vapid and boring.
It's the confoundedly frustrating combination of the facts that 1) his music is absolutely terrible and 2) non-jazz fans associate him with 'jazz' music. It's like if you absolutely love pizza and when people find out they ask you "Oh, like lunchables? Those suck."
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Platonic_Caveman — 8 years ago(April 07, 2018 04:08 PM)

This is great jazz. Dissonant and groundbreaking and black, not that Kenny G pop crap:
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Satan — 8 years ago(April 07, 2018 09:50 PM)

good jazz ruined by her voice
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Platonic_Caveman — 8 years ago(April 08, 2018 12:35 AM)

You're gonna try and tell a black woman how to sing jazz?
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Satan — 8 years ago(April 08, 2018 02:19 AM)

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None — 7 years ago(July 19, 2018 11:22 PM)

I suppose that depends on whether or not the black woman knows her jazz.

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Platonic_Caveman — 7 years ago(July 20, 2018 01:23 AM)

Abby Lincoln v Kenny G this is not rocket science.
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None — 7 years ago(July 20, 2018 07:43 AM)

I was thinking more of "a black woman" rather than a specific black woman.
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Rundi Ki Bachi — 7 years ago(July 20, 2018 07:53 AM)

Sure , when I jerk off ,I normally put the down the satin sheets ,light the candles and turn up the Kenny G

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DrakeStraw — 8 years ago(April 07, 2018 05:57 PM)

To paraphrase Jerry Seinfeld, "Kenny G is pretty much like other jazz musicians, only successful!"
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Satan — 8 years ago(April 07, 2018 09:49 PM)

haha
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Satan — 8 years ago(April 07, 2018 09:51 PM)

i prefer kenny g
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NZer — 8 years ago(April 07, 2018 10:01 PM)

Couldn't find Dave Brubeck in that lot. What do you guys think of him?

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LardoFromLardo — 8 years ago(April 07, 2018 10:04 PM)

who? let me listen to him
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LardoFromLardo — 8 years ago(April 07, 2018 10:05 PM)

#FuckFugazi He looks just like me
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DrakeStraw — 8 years ago(April 07, 2018 10:45 PM)

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Be Proud of Your Job — 7 years ago(July 19, 2018 09:22 PM)

Wow, an actual good thread.

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NZer — 7 years ago(July 19, 2018 09:29 PM)

And nobody told me what they thought of Dave Brubeck…

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Be Proud of Your Job — 7 years ago(July 19, 2018 11:09 PM)

Sublime

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None — 7 years ago(July 19, 2018 11:26 PM)

I think his groundbreaking use of muzak puts the purists off.