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history with more than 12 million records sold in the U.S. His next studio albums, Silhouette and Breathless were enormously successful, the latter becoming the biggest selling instrumental record in U.S. That night he played his heart out and a star was born.įrom there Kenny went on to become a multi-platinum sensation soon collaborating with the likes of Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Natalie Cole and Frank Sinatra.
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The debate continued up until minutes before show time when Kenny launched into "Songbird," the landmark recording from his fourth album, Duotones. Kenny felt it was important in this moment to establish himself with an instrumental. One of the producers insisted that for such a big appearance the artist should perform a track accompanied by a vocalist. Kenny G's big moment came in 1988 on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. After years of playing professionally with groups like Barry White's Love Unlimited Orchestra and Jeff Lorber Fusion, Kenny signed with Arista Records in 1982 and three critically-acclaimed jazz albums later, (Kenny G, G-Force and Gravity) he was poised to hit the stratosphere. A longtime aviator, Kenny is no stranger to risk-taking.