Kenny G - Kenny G -The Greatest Holiday Classics
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Artist: Kenny GBrand: Sony
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2005-10-18
Music Label: Arista
Soundtracks:
- We Wish You A Merry Christmas
- Medley: Deck The Halls/The Twelve Days Of Christmas; Deck The Halls\ The Twelve Days Of Christmas
- Joy To The World
- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
- Sleigh Ride
- Miracles
- Jingle Bell Rock
- White Christmas
- Winter Wonderland
- My Favorite Things
- We Three Kings/Carol Of The Bells
- Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
- Ave Maria
- The Chanukah Song
- Jingle Bells
- I'll Be Home For Christmas
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Free Music Review: A previously undiscovered pathos for holiday music
Hit: 5 Stars
Since my childhood during the 1960's I have been privy to many re-imaginings of classic holiday tunes; some have been more memorable than others. It seems that every year we are inundated with new orchestral versions of the same songs, usually as poorly produced as the year prior. Then there are the travesties like the "Mannheim Steamroller," or the "Tran-Siberian Orchestra." These electronic bastardizations are embarrassing both to American Christmas sensibilities and our dear Lord. But none of these are as wretched as that song, "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer," a feeble attempt at ignoring everything that our holidays mean to us in exchange for capitalistic success.
Kenny G's Greatest Holiday Classics is different. Mr. G manages to preserve the sanctity of the holiday classics we know and love, while his glorious soprano saxophone performance adds a new romanticism and intimacy that has never been experienced on a holiday album. The listener finds him or herself more intimately acquainted with the Lord's birthday than ever thought possible.
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Doing what every good merchandiser does when there's no new real product for the Christmas season, Kenny G repackages his best stuff with a few new tracks. The Greatest Holiday Classics boasts pieces from previous holiday records, Wishes (2002), Faith (1999) and Miracles (1997), with five new cuts for a total of 16. To be sure it's a generous offering from the one guy in popular music who just might be contemporary America's Jazzman. Whether playing his acclaimed alto sax or blowing tenor, Kenny's signature tone is nearly unmistakable from anyone else's, perhaps, for his easily accessible phrasing and the limited improvisation he's willing to put on record. His focus has always been on delivering the song, rather than the possibilities for innovation, exploration and enhanced creativity that more adventurous players readily welcome in the jazz setting with any tune. One of the new pieces, a big band treatment of "Jingle Bell Rock" joyfully swings under Randy Waldman's arrangement and fellow his horn men seem to push G on his solo, while the other new works "My Favorite Things" and "I'll Be Home for Christmas" are fairly predictable fare. Even "Jingle Bells" is reduced to a slow tempo, with KG's trademark moody, saccharine strings and piano in the mix. But then, this is exactly the kind of Christmas tea many want against the often-overwhelming din of the holiday rush. Martin KellerJazz Music CDs
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