


When he entered high school, he failed on his first try to get into the jazz band, but tried again the following year and earned first chair. Kenny G attended Whitworth Elementary School, Sharples-Jr High School, Franklin High School, and the University of Washington, all in his home town of Seattle, Washington. His first saxophone was a Buffet Crampon alto.
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He learned how to play under the direction of local trumpeter Gerald Pfister and by practicing along with records (mostly of Grover Washington, Jr.), trying to emulate the sounds that he was hearing. He started playing the saxophone in 1966 when he was 10 years old. Kenny G was born in Seattle, Washington to a Jewish family and first came into contact with a saxophone when he heard someone performing with one on The Ed Sullivan Show. Kenny G is the biggest-selling instrumental musician of the modern era, with global sales totaling more than 75 million albums. His fourth album, Duotones, brought him breakthrough success in 1986. Kenneth Bruce Gorelick (born June 5, 1956), better known by his stage name Kenny G, is a Grammy winning American, adult contemporary and smooth jazz saxophonist.
