Thus the album of 1988 Silhouette peaked at number one in the Jazz Albums Chart.
The musician was gaining popularity, feeling that he was moving in the right direction. The fourth album Duotones, which included the famous composition Songbird, got the 5x Platinum status. They were well received by the music lovers and Kenny G’s music was very called-for: both albums were certified Platinum. The second studio work G-Force was issued in 1983 and it was followed by Gravity (1985). The same year his debut album titled Kenny G (1982) was released. In 1982 the talented saxophonist was noticed and he was offered a contract with the record company. His father insisted that he should continue the family business however Kenny G had the other point of view and remained faithful to the music.
Kenny G entered the University of Washington, where he studied accounting.
Kenny G’s first saxophone was presented to him by his mother and the musician still keeps that instrument. When he was a teenager, he understood what he would like to do in the future and that it was music that would become his destiny. American jazz saxophonist performing under the pseudonym Kenny G (the real name Kenneth Gorelick) was born in 1956 in Seattle.
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