KENNY G: THE HOLIDAY SHOW

World’s Most Renowned Soprano Saxophone Stylist Returns to Cincinnati
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CALENDAR INFORMATION
WHAT:           Kenny G: The Holiday Show
WHEN:           Wednesday, December 9, 2009 • 8:00 PM
WHERE:        Aronoff Center – Procter & Gamble Hall
PRICES:        $99 • $65 • $55 • $45
INFO:             Experience the magic and warmth of the world’s most renowned soprano saxophone stylist, Kenny G, who holds the record for the best-selling holiday album in history, Miracles.  Back by popular demand after his unforgettable sold-out 2007 holiday show at Cincinnati’s Music Hall, the international superstar and Grammy® Award-winner will light up the season with classics such as “Silver Bells,” “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” “Winter Wonderland,” “Let it Snow,” “Joy to the World,” “Silent Night,” and more!

TICKET INFORMATION – on sale now
•    www.CincinnatiArts.ORG  
•    (513) 621-ARTS [2787]
•    Aronoff Center Ticket Office
•    Group Sales (10 or more): (513) 977-4157
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CINCINNATI, OH – The world’s most renowned soprano saxophone stylist – who also happens to be the biggest-selling instrumental musician and biggest-selling jazz musician of the modern era – treats Cincinnati to an unforgettable holiday concert on Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. at the Aronoff Center’s Procter & Gamble Hall.  Back by popular demand after his sold-out 2007 holiday concert at Music Hall, the event is part of the Cincinnati Arts Association’s 2009-10 Season of “Classic Nights Out.”

Tickets are on sale now at www.CincinnatiArts.ORG, (513) 621-ARTS [2787], and the Aronoff Center Ticket Office.  

Kenny G holds the record for the best-selling holiday album of all time – Miracles. That recording sold more than 13 million copies worldwide, capping global sales of more than 75 million albums, singles and videos over the past 25 years.  His other holiday releases include Faith and Wishes, with time-honored tunes
such as “Do You Hear What I Hear,” “God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen,” and the opening medley of “Deck the Halls / The Twelve Days of Christmas,” and more recently, The Greatest Holiday Classics, which included newly-recorded tracks “We Wish You a Merry Christmas,” Bobby Helms’ eternal “Jingle Bell Rock” and Rogers & Hammerstein’s “My Favorite Things.”  

The Seattle native studied accounting at the University of Washington before acquiring his first professional job as a saxophone soloist for Barry White’s Love Unlimited Orchestra in 1976 at the age of 20.  After graduating, he toured with jazz guitarist Jeff Lorber before beginning his solo career by catching the attention of legendary Arista founder and leader, Clive Davis.  Thus began a recording dynasty that has made Kenny G an enduring force and earned him Grammy®, American Music, Soul Train, World Music and NAACP Image Awards, as well as a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Kenny G’s big moment came in 1988 on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. One of the producers insisted that for such a big appearance the artist should perform a track accompanied by a vocalist. Kenny felt it was important in this moment to establish himself with an instrumental. The debate continued up until minutes before show time when Kenny launched into “Songbird,” the landmark recording from his fourth album, Duotones. That night he played his heart out and a star was born.

From 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. His next studio albums, Silhouette and Breathless, were enormously successful, the latter becoming the biggest-selling instrumental record in U.S. history with more than 12 million records sold in the U.S. alone. The album featured the Grammy® Award-winning single “Forever in Love.”  Kenny soon attracted an impressive array of collaborators. In 1996, Kenny teamed with renowned artist/producer Babyface for The Moment, which featured two vocal collaborations, including "Every Time I Close My Eyes” with Babyface, and "That Somebody Was You" with Toni Braxton.

Other notable works include: 1999’s album of Jazz standards entitled Classics in the Key of G (which featured “What a Wonderful World,” the virtual duet with Louis Armstrong, and “The Girl From Ipanema” duet with Bebel Gilberto), and 2006’s I’m in the Mood for Love: The Most Romantic Melodies of All Time (the saxophonist’s unique take on some of the greatest love songs ever written, including standards such as Dorothy Fields’ “The Way You Look Tonight,” right up through modern hits such as Alicia Keys’ “I Ain’t Got You,” and James Blunt’s “You’re Beautiful”).

For more information, visit www.kennyg.com .

CINCINNATI ARTS ASSOCIATION SPONSORS

2009-10 SEASON SPONSORS:  THE UNION CENTRAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (Founding Season Sponsor), DUKE ENERGY, The P&G FUND of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, LOCAL12 WKRC, FIFTH THIRD BANK (Lifetime Endowment Partner)

2009-10 PRESENTING SPONSORS:  CityBeat, The Cincinnatian Hotel, Premier Pianos, Natorp’s

2009-10 PROMOTIONAL SPONSOR:  The Cincinnati Herald

MEDIA SPONSOR:   WARM98-FM