Pat Metheny on Kenny G

Pat Metheny is not a big fan of Kenny G. I have to admit that as a kid there was a time that I bought a Kenny G album (and Air Supply). I liked the pop leanings of it and I was in a high-school jazz band at the time so I can hardly be blamed. I now can't stand to listen to Kenny G for even a few notes. The slippery vibrato of soprano sax makes me wince and gives me that pain in my neck--the one I get one someone is singing off key.

<snip>

Not long ago, Kenny G put out a recording where he overdubbed himself on top of a 30+ year old Louis Armstrong record, the track “What a Wonderful World”. With this single move, Kenny G became one of the few people on earth I can say that I really can't use at all - as a man, for his incredible arrogance to even consider such a thing, and as a musician, for presuming to share the stage with the single most important figure in our music.

</snip>

Written while groovin' to Welcome 2 Detroit from the album “Welcome 2 Detroit (Instrumentals)” by Jay Dee