{"id":375455,"date":"2021-12-02T18:00:22","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T15:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/3-things-the-hbo-documentary-reveals\/"},"modified":"2021-12-02T18:00:22","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T15:00:22","slug":"3-things-the-hbo-documentary-reveals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/3-things-the-hbo-documentary-reveals\/","title":{"rendered":"#3 Things the HBO Documentary Reveals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2943c5863dc\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2943c5863dc\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/3-things-the-hbo-documentary-reveals\/#Kenny_G_went_rogue_on_The_Tonight_Show_and_%E2%80%9Csmooth_jazz%E2%80%9D_was_born\" >Kenny G went rogue on The Tonight Show, and \u201csmooth jazz\u201d was born.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/3-things-the-hbo-documentary-reveals\/#China_loves_Kenny_G\" >China loves Kenny G.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/3-things-the-hbo-documentary-reveals\/#Cue_his_next_run-in_with_%E2%80%9Cthe_Jazz_Police%E2%80%9D\" >Cue his next run-in with \u201cthe Jazz Police\u201d?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#3 Things the HBO Documentary Reveals<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div> \u201cKenny G is the bestselling instrumentalist of all-time. He\u2019s probably the most famous living jazz musician. And I made this film to find out why that makes certain people really angry,\u201d says director Penny Lane at the start of <em>Music Box: Listening to Kenny G<\/em>, a fascinating probe into the minds of music critics and scholars <i>and<\/i> the famed saxophonist himself. Here are a few high notes:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1024059\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1024059\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1024059\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/listening-to-kenny-g-hbo-1014x535.jpg\" alt=\"Listening to Kenny G HBO\" width=\"1014\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/listening-to-kenny-g-hbo-1014x535.jpg 1014w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/listening-to-kenny-g-hbo-450x237.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/listening-to-kenny-g-hbo-768x405.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/listening-to-kenny-g-hbo-570x300.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/listening-to-kenny-g-hbo.jpg 2028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1014px) 100vw, 1014px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1024059\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Credit: HBO)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Kenny_G_went_rogue_on_The_Tonight_Show_and_%E2%80%9Csmooth_jazz%E2%80%9D_was_born\"><\/span><b>Kenny G went rogue on <i>The Tonight Show, <\/i>and \u201csmooth jazz\u201d was born.<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Promoting his fourth album in 1986, Arista Records still wouldn\u2019t let Kenny release a single without guest vocals. Booked to play his latest R&amp;B collaboration for Johnny Carson, he simply decided to perform his moody instrumental \u201cSongbird\u201d instead. The booker gave him the finger offscreen during the performance, Kenny recalls, but the song won over the wife of Arista\u2019s head of promotion.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"China_loves_Kenny_G\"><\/span><b>China <i>loves<\/i> Kenny G.<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>For more than 30 years, businesses there have played his track \u201cGoing Home\u201d to signal closing time to the masses. \u201cIs Kenny G\u2019s music a weapon of consent? Does it make people agree to comply?\u201d asks <i>New York Times<\/i> critic Ben Ratliff. A rep from the Chinese State Music Association explains that he h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ens to compose in the same scales that are popular in China, and his melodies are catchy.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cue_his_next_run-in_with_%E2%80%9Cthe_Jazz_Police%E2%80%9D\"><\/span><b>Cue his next run-in with \u201cthe Jazz Police\u201d?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Two decades after his hotly debated virtual duet with Louis Armstrong, Kenny reveals his new album features the late Stan Getz.<\/p>\n<p><b><em>Music Box: Listening to Kenny G<\/em>, Documentary Premiere, Thursday, December 2, 8\/7c, HBO<\/b><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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