Kenny G. - Midnight Motion (1986)

[JesusSaves880]

This guy really is best saxest Iv ever heard

[philipbourne]

" Here on the Quiet Strom K B L X "

[MrRaphasax]

kenny G rigindo kkkkkkkk trocadilho bobo mas eu ri xD

[bizophecles]

wow havent heard this in years! my dad used to play great music...i grew up listening to this on roadtrips to mammoth, Pismo Beach and san francisco. good times and good music !

[noobthizz33]

bliss to my earz.

[AFrattz1]

0:48 Arnold Schwarzenegger on bass..

[smilesaround]

@AFrattz1 Is that really him?

[TheAvenues]

@AFrattz1 LOL

[thecbest65]

By far the greatest Kenny GGGGGGGGG, I love this song!

[TheSunnyStar]

I love this song AND Kenny G's hair!!!

[LOGINKPW]

This was when (I thought) Kenny G was at his "peak" in terms of performance. This album was probably the best one I came across.

[JEPDLVS]

youtube es lo maximo

[jeffsmonte]

Cd 101.9 in ny is unfortunately long gone!

[kz1000ps]

I don't particularly care for Kenny G, but I love this song!

Fun fact: this appeared as background music in Wall Street (1987) in the scene where Gordon Gekko is at his home and has the "showdown" with the British arbitrageur over some stock prices. It's real soft, but it's there.

[Moneyman555gzzzzz]

Found anotha Smooth Jazz song that I've been adorin on CD 101.9

[joserodriguezv]

Thank you for sharing this song (and video) here on YouTube. Long ago I hear this song in a radio program here in Colombia called "Hablar por Hablar" of Caracol, and wanted to have this melody. I was told that is Kenny G, and I began to look until I found here. Thank you very much again.

[azzi40]

the best kenny g album ever..

[shortandstylish]

Smooth grooves from the 80's are the best!

[coolsax64]

He is a sellout. I went to see him in Portland about 3 years ago. If you do go to see him do it for the band. His band is incredable...

[dbeezy3]

man classic...why did he have to crossover...i feel like this is when he was being himself...free and wild...jus oh so funky!...if he stuck to this sound he would be in the same conversation as grover washington jr. gerald albright, najee, boney james, etc...man!...im jammin still!

[StyrbjornStarke]

perfect chill music

[SAXYRIC330]

You should listen to The end of the night by him, I really dig his feel on it. Yes you can hear Grover all in the mix here, But don't be mad at Kenny cause he foud his own formula!!! Ain't you looking for yours?

[Saxmaster1230]

Well for all you guys wishing he'd make a comeback, you've got it. He's set to release an R&B type album sometime in 2010.

He said in an interview sometime last year that he was tired of hearing the same type of song on smooth jazz radio and that he wanted more rhythm in his music.

[EStar7580]

"Midnight Motion" by Kenny G. Awesome classic!

[AJ0TA]

Esta canción es espectacular casi que no la encuentro hasta que por fín!! es sensacional. Me encanta.

Un Colombiano apasionado por la musica de Kenny G es espectacular!

[Odawg96]

As someone who got turned onto Kenny G via the "G-Force" album, this song was his last hurray as far as I'm concerned...and this was nearly 25 years ago. I quit messin' with him after that because he got soft. Hell, most of "Duotones" is soft in my opinion, but everything he's done SINCE is REALLY soft.

[miamivicepastels83]

i agree...although i did enjoy duotones

[dbeezy3]

best kenny g song period...probably the only song i respect of his....you can hear the influence grover had on him in this joint

[ollyaaa]

So true. This song never gets old.

[saxgeek1]

I like the kenny g live version better

[kajes5]

the early Kenny, the funky Kenny, the talented Kenny. he has said many times in interviews he knows it's cotton candy pop jazz but people love it and he loves it so don't answer the critics.

Kenny G shaped and molded a part of me growing up thru his music and for that I am forever grateful!

Respect

[pussiestroker]

timesless pieces

[49935]

I love both of the styles that Kenny plays, both the old and new.

[oldtimestv]

really good!

[MiltownPunkette21]

I have to admit, a lot of Kenny G's songs out now just aren't as....great....as this one. I think one of the only songs I like by him now is called "Paradise Dreams" or something.

[nportillo73]

Yeah people were dissing G post-Silhouette, and you can't blame them. But if they only knew this Kenny. Duotones was one of the best jazz albums ever. It's like Kenny sold out after that

[MiltownPunkette21]

I wouldn't say "sold out"....I think maybe he got tired of trying to expand his abilities and sound. Maybe tired of trying to be and sound different.

[nportillo73]

I don't know man, but there is a distinct difference. His music afterwards started to sound gay. Stuff for elevators and waiting time on telephones. I wish he would've kept going in this direction here. I would've loved to have seen his work meld with the burgeoning acid jazz era of the late 80's/early-90's.

But maybe you're right. Maybe he just decided to cash out.

[baloneyshoe]

so you are telling me that if a record company would pay you millions to play love songs you would not do it?

Kenny G lives in a mantion in seattle, he's set for life and now he can actually go back to his jazz-funk days which i think he will eventually. Come on man, he didnt sell out, he went for the best available opportunity for himself and his family.

[nportillo73]

Hell naw I wouldn't do it. And he's paid for it since, in terms of credibility. He became a running joke in movies and sitcoms and what not.

Eventually? Bro, it's been 20-some odd years!

When?!?!?

[baloneyshoe]

come on don't give me that!

let's say your jazz albums aren't being sold, no record company is willing to sign you and you are stuck with little money... then a big company is willing to give you caash but you have to play commercial music only... but you will have enough money to even (excuse my french) wipe your ass with! you don't take it?

[nportillo73]

You don't know me. I would never sell out my integrity. Maybe you would.

Kenny G. made a lot off the Duotones album and should've remained faithful to his fan base and himself.

[mrintimateluva]

I played this Kenny G Album over and over 10 times over! The boy is BAADDDD!! The drives to the Monterey Jazz festival coming from L.A. and jamming some kenny G made the drive wonderful. Love me some Kenny G!

[djplazma]

GREAT song and one of Kenny's best...so relaxed and melodic.

[jazzallstars777]

kenny g is the best he is better than michael lington and boney james come on yellowdiva i dare u to go to one of his concert and try to make fun of him i dare u if u r a man

[baloneyshoe]

hahaha

[Truckteacher]

This song with others from Kenny G were played every hour on AFN Germany in the late 80's. You always knew when it was time for the news when you heard it! Thanks for the memories!!

[1987BESTYEAR]

Hey! Thanks for posting this great song. Duotones were topping the charts in '87. I fell so in love with it, I went down and bought it......on LP LOL Wonderful memories here ;-)

[musics1dancer92]

i thought saprano saxes were a strait line.

[Saxmaster1230]

thats a tenor saxophone

[snootzie78]

@musics1dancer92 They are. However, Kenny G is playing either the tenor or alto sax in this video.

[musics1dancer92]

i fell in love with this song when i heard it a year ago and i just found out the name today

[shiro80]

jazz is my life.

and i made a judgement about Kenny G without doing my homework.

I just feel its better if i apologize.

[Garelli1964]

As I have said before if you go to a Kenny G show, listen to his band. They are far more tallented and gracious than he is...

[battypuppet]

i cant believe ive been searching for this song for so long!!!

[mamiSOfresh]

good song

[shiro80]

i love this song i hope no one thinks of me as a punk but this is the only song of his i like.

alot of his jazz sounds too commercial.

but thats my opinion and i hope i don't sound like i'm insulting him.

[JazzySaxE]

it doesnt matter what people think. It's your taste and what ever is good to your ears you listen to it. I don't like the word commercial... his music is the best of his abilities. He's playing what he feels, he's giving the best that he has and for people to call it too commercial... what if you gave it your all to build something... your blood sweat and tears... and people said it was mediocre... that's how it would feel man.

[shiro80]

i really respect what you typed.

i do apologize between the time i typed my comment and now i discovered more of his work

and been totally wrong on what i typed before.

as an artist myself i forget that i put my all into everything i do.

and its very immature of me to say that Kenny G's talent has became too Commercial.

So i apologize for what i said a month ago.

i think i did offend somebody.

[JazzySaxE]

It's totally fine. You didn't offend me at all... but you can't please everyone you know. That's why I don't critisize diffrent styles of music because everyone likes something diffrent.

[kz1000ps]

Wow, this is surprisingly good. I found this song because it's played very softly in the movie "Wall Street" (when Gekko and Sir Larry have their Anacott showdown at Gekko's house), waiting for the credits to roll to see who the artist was. To my surprise, it was Kenny G, who up until now I thought was only capable of creating dreck. I stand corrected!

[DaViDguitarskillz]

man i love this song!

[TLDavis1230]

My all time favorite Kenny G song....and it's from the 80s!!!!! :)

[sedman211]

I will never stop listening to this song, man. Even when I grow up, I'm showing it to my kin and future families. Thanks, Kenny G. I love the saxophone.

[tardit]

@TLDavis1230 No Doubt! Bought the original CD yesterday, when it first came out.

[TimeSpliTT]

i love this song and i was born in 86 sweet

[yellowdiva21]

why couldn't kenny stay this way? I don't know maybe he wanted more money....

[Saxmaster1230]

this is on the doutones album

[Saxmaster1230]

this is from the album that had songbird on it

[yellowdiva21]

raead what hansumjoe said.

[Sokaku]

Exactly... I can't stand a lot if not most of his 90's/200x songs.

[caxassax]

buenasasasaaaaaaaa

[canadagoals]

Sweet dreams.

I was in Bangkok Thailand, summer of 2003. I had a dream where this song was playing loudly and I remember walking across the Granville St bridge in Vancouver on a summer day when I was a teenager in the 80s.

I woke up weeping, but in a really good way. It was a really sweet dream.

A few minutes after waking that morning, I went for a walk, maybe it was the unmistakeable expression on my face, but a Thai orange robed Phra whom I knew happened past & said "Sweet dream."

[richlove404]

I like the song.

[snootzie78]

Kenny G Rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[hansumjoe]

his uptempo tenor and alto stuff from the 80's (ala the true smooth jazz format) are much better than the sappy soprano sax stuff he did in the 90's

[Sokaku]

Fucking A. Can't agree more with that statement.

[DaViDguitarskillz]

this song has a phat bass beat, I LOVE THIS SONG

[DaViDguitarskillz]

WOOHH

[snowwahs]

Kenny G is AlllllllllRight....This goes out to Rick Porter from Jason and Lana....... where ever u may be. Thanx for introducing these fly sounds to us....still reminds us of u.... peace and love get in touch kemosabe...

[klarethrylai]

wow i realy love the kenny g tenor sound

[JazzySaxE]

i like this song alot