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Kenny G Live!

I saw kenny g in person last night!

Kenny G Live in Concert

This was a man whose music I had grown up listening to and never once got tired of. Seeing and hearing him perform live was simply magical! I can’t believe I almost missed this one-night concert. It started at 8pm and was estimated to end at 11pm.

Kenny G Live in Concert

The band started playing onstage for a minute, and then we heard the very familiar saxophone music floating in. The man came in from the back of the concert hall, and the lucky ones at the back managed to snap close-up pictures of him. I’m so jealous! In his slow walk to the stage, he held a note for more than three minutes without pausing for breath!

Kenny G Live in Concert

He played his popular tunes like sentimental, silhouette, havana and a few upbeat ones like g-bop and against doctor’s orders to rouse the crowd.

Kenny G Live in Concert

When he played the sentimental music, I felt myself so drawn to his music I wanted to cry. His wife is one very lucky lady!

Kenny G Live in Concert

Just when it seemed like he wasn’t going to say a word at all, he started speaking to the crowd in mandarin. He could say quite a few lines in mandarin which didn’t exactly sound right at times, but it was still impressive.

He also introduced his band, which included the piano player whom he had known since high school, and the bassist whom he had played together with for 15 years. The black guy on percussion really entertained and interacted with the crowd for a few minutes as kenny g went backstage for a short break. He was hot, and very muscular!

Kenny G Live in Concert

When kenny g returned, he joked that a saxophonist develops a completely different set of muscles. He also explained how he managed to hold a note for more than three minutes earlier on. He was able to breathe and blow at the same time!

After assuring us that his saxophone was connected to a microphone and not an oxygen tank, he proceeded to hold a note for a minute and breathed in at the same time. The audience could hear his breaths through the microphone, during which the saxophone sound never paused. How he did that was a complete mystery!

After playing a few more pieces, the concert came to an end. He finally encored with songbird and my heart will go on. By 10:15pm, the concert ended. It was over sooner than I had expected. But still, it felt surreal watching him perform live. I tend to think that concerts are a major waste of money, save for a few exceptions. Kenny g is one of them. I’m glad I didn’t miss it.

And I know for the next few nights, I would be falling asleep to his sweet music.

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chup

so ur virgin concert is gone liao la ?/=
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Posted January 21, 2006 at 8:09 pm
Veron
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-_- yeah yeah it’s my first ever concert.
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Posted January 21, 2006 at 8:52 pm
neo

wow babe…full of envy…I wish I could be there too to hear out kenny G’s live concert…=(….he’s so romantic and charming *dancing around*
that blackie percussionist’s biceps superb big siazz…I think bigger than my thigh =_=”…..*moment of silence*
P.S. Jonatha Brooke’s Inconsolable is very nice…I been coming to your blog once everyday to hear her song…so nice and enchanting..
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Posted January 22, 2006 at 12:40 pm
Veron
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yeah neo! i was also ogling at his biceps throughout. i don’t normally fancy african-americans but i think he’s super hot!
i love the song, inconsolable, too. very soothing and sad song. i like to listen to it when i’m lying on my bed at night. i like the other songs on the jukebox as well, especially natalie’s ooh.
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Posted January 22, 2006 at 12:58 pm
Jasmine

Ooo wow!
Breathing and playing at the same time is also known as "circular breathing". Many accomplished musicians are able to do that. Not sure if anyone in Singapore can do that though.
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Posted January 22, 2006 at 4:43 pm
Veron
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wow thanks for the info jasmine! i never knew that the technique kenny g used was coined circular breathing.
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Posted January 22, 2006 at 10:54 pm
Rocio Fernandez
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Kenny G is my favourite artist, with Michael Bolton. I have all of his cds and videos or dvds. I simply adore the way he plays. He is the best sax player all around the world, he is so nice with fans and media. He is a virtuoso of sax and I love his music, as I have been following his career since 1990. I have a website dedicated to him from 2000, in English and Spanish, and I admire him a lot. I hope he comes to Spain in concert soon.
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Posted December 21, 2006 at 12:36 am
warrensax
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as a sax player myselft I always says that kenny g is the best one ever…… the way he play the tener sax its just like stunt and he can play the altisisimo register like no one he is just the best by far
I hope to see him live
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Posted May 11, 2007 at 5:12 pm
炯
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hi 我是一個saxophone愛好者,當然自己也會吹上幾手,但只是對soprano sax情有獨鍾,如果你也是做個朋友.
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Posted February 18, 2008 at 5:37 pm
Dinyar Rustomji
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I wish I could download a live concert of Kenny G for my personal Keeps !!!
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Posted March 27, 2010 at 8:24 pm