Kenny G

E65342
human musician saxophonist smooth jazz artist

Kenny G is an American smooth jazz saxophonist known for his highly successful, melodic instrumental recordings and distinctive soprano saxophone sound.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kenny G canonical 67

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
musician ⓘ
saxophonist ⓘ
smooth jazz artist ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1970s ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition ⓘ
birthName Kenneth Bruce Gorelick ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1956-06-05 ⓘ
education University of Washington ⓘ
surface form: University of Washington (attended)
ethnicGroup Jewish American ⓘ
familyName Gorelick ⓘ
genre adult contemporary music ⓘ
smooth jazz ⓘ
givenName Kenneth ⓘ
hasSoldOver 75 million records worldwide ⓘ
instrument alto saxophone ⓘ
soprano saxophone ⓘ
tenor saxophone ⓘ
name Kenny G self-link ⓘ
notableAchievement one of the best-selling instrumental musicians of all time ⓘ
notableCollaboration Aretha Franklin ⓘ
Celine Dion ⓘ
Michael Bolton ⓘ
Peabo Bryson ⓘ
Whitney Houston ⓘ
notableFact ranked among top celebrity golfers ⓘ
notablePerformance long note circular breathing saxophone record (unofficial publicity stunt) ⓘ
notableWork Breathless ⓘ
Duotones ⓘ
Forever in Love ⓘ
Live album "Kenny G Live" ⓘ
Miracles: The Holiday Album ⓘ
Silhouette ⓘ
Songbird ⓘ
The Moment ⓘ
album "Brazilian Nights" ⓘ
album "Faith: A Holiday Album" ⓘ
album "G Force" ⓘ
album "Gravity" ⓘ
album "Heart and Soul" ⓘ
album "Rhythm & Romance" ⓘ
occupation composer ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
saxophonist ⓘ
placeOfBirth Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ
recordLabel Arista Records ⓘ
residence Malibu, California ⓘ
surface form: Malibu, California (historical)
sportsInterest golf ⓘ
styleCharacteristic distinctive soprano saxophone tone ⓘ
melodic instrumental recordings ⓘ

Referenced by (67)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jesus Is King → featuresArtist → Kenny G ⓘ
Silver Bells → coveredBy → Kenny G ⓘ
Ain’t Nobody → hasNotableCoverVersionBy → Kenny G ⓘ
Use This Gospel → featuredArtist → Kenny G ⓘ
Use This Gospel → performer → Kenny G ⓘ
Kenny G → name → Kenny G self-link ⓘ
Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives → featuresPerson → Kenny G ⓘ
Every Time I Close My Eyes → featuredArtist → Kenny G ⓘ
Every Time I Close My Eyes → instrumentalSoloist → Kenny G ⓘ
The Day → featuresArtist → Kenny G ⓘ
Guy Roche → collaboratedWith → Kenny G ⓘ
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes → hasCoverVersionBy → Kenny G ⓘ
Through the Storm → featuresArtist → Kenny G ⓘ
Through the Storm → performer → Kenny G ⓘ
Too Shy to Say → hasNotableCoverVersionBy → Kenny G ⓘ
Kenneth Bruce Gorelick → stageName → Kenny G ⓘ
Songbird → artist → Kenny G ⓘ
Songbird → performer → Kenny G ⓘ
Songbird → composer → Kenny G ⓘ
Songbird → isSignatureSongOf → Kenny G ⓘ
Silhouette → artist → Kenny G ⓘ
Silhouette → performer → Kenny G ⓘ
Silhouette → producer → Kenny G ⓘ
Silhouette → hasPerformer → Kenny G ⓘ
Silhouette → hasCoverArtSubject → Kenny G ⓘ
Forever in Love → artist → Kenny G ⓘ
Forever in Love → performer → Kenny G ⓘ
Forever in Love → isSignatureSongOf → Kenny G ⓘ
Forever in Love → composer → Kenny G ⓘ
Forever in Love → recordingArtist → Kenny G ⓘ
Forever in Love → associatedAct → Kenny G ⓘ
Breathless → artist → Kenny G ⓘ
Breathless → performer → Kenny G ⓘ
Breathless → producer → Kenny G ⓘ
Duotones → artist → Kenny G ⓘ
Duotones → performer → Kenny G ⓘ
Duotones → recordedBy → Kenny G ⓘ
Duotones → producer → Kenny G ⓘ
Duotones → broughtMainstreamSuccessTo → Kenny G ⓘ
Duotones → hasCoverArtFeaturing → Kenny G ⓘ
Miracles: The Holiday Album → artist → Kenny G ⓘ
Miracles: The Holiday Album → performer → Kenny G ⓘ
Miracles: The Holiday Album → producer → Kenny G ⓘ
The Moment → artist → Kenny G ⓘ
The Moment → performer → Kenny G ⓘ
The Moment → producer → Kenny G ⓘ
Live album "Kenny G Live" → artist → Kenny G ⓘ
subject surface form: Kenny G Live
Live album "Kenny G Live" → performer → Kenny G ⓘ
subject surface form: Kenny G Live
album "Gravity" → artist → Kenny G ⓘ
subject surface form: Gravity
album "Gravity" → performer → Kenny G ⓘ
subject surface form: Gravity