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Classics in the Key of G

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Classics in the Key of G is the first cover album by saxophonist Kenny G. It was released by Arista Records on June 28, 1999, and reached number 1 on the Contemporary Jazz Albums chart, number 13 on the Internet Albums chart, number 17 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and number 27 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. [1]

58 relations: 'Round Midnight (song), Acker Bilk, Adult contemporary music, AllMusic, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Arista Records, Bebel Gilberto, Bernie Hanighen, Billboard 200, Bob Thiele, Body and Soul (1930 song), Burt Bacharach, David Foster, Desafinado, Duke Ellington, Edward Heyman, Entertainment Weekly, Faith: A Holiday Album, Frank Eyton, George Benson, George David Weiss, George Gershwin, Greatest Hits (Kenny G album), Greg Phillinganes, Hal David, Harold Arlen, Humberto Gatica, In a Sentimental Mood, Ira Gershwin, Irving Mills, Jazz, Johnny Green, Kenny G, Louis Armstrong, Manny Curtis, Nathan East, Norman Gimbel, Over the Rainbow, Overdubbing, Pat Metheny, Paulinho da Costa, Randy Waldman, Rhodes piano, Richard Thompson (musician), Robert Mellin, Robert Sour, Saxophone, Stranger on the Shore, Summertime (George Gershwin song), The Girl from Ipanema, ..., The Look of Love (1967 song), Thelonious Monk, Vinicius de Moraes, Walter Afanasieff, What a Wonderful World, William Ross (composer), Yip Harburg, 1999 in music. Expand index (8 more) »

'Round Midnight (song)

"Round Midnight" (sometimes "Round About Midnight") is a 1944 jazz standard by pianist Thelonious Monk.

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Acker Bilk

Bernard Stanley "Acker" Bilk, (28 January 1929 – 2 November 2014) was an English clarinettist and vocalist known for his appearance – goatee, bowler hat and striped waistcoat – and breathy, vibrato-rich, lower-register clarinet style.

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Adult contemporary music

Adult contemporary music (AC) is a North American term used to describe a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, rhythm and blues, quiet storm, and rock influence.

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AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide or AMG) is an online music guide.

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Antônio Carlos Jobim

Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim (January 25, 1927December 8, 1994), also known as Tom Jobim, was a Brazilian composer, pianist, songwriter, arranger and singer.

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Arista Records

Arista Records, Inc. was a major American record label.

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Bebel Gilberto

Isabel Gilberto de Oliveira (born May 12, 1966), known as Bebel Gilberto, is a Brazilian American popular singer often associated with bossa nova.

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Bernie Hanighen

Bernard D. Hanighen (April 27, 1908, Omaha, Nebraska – October 19, 1976, New York City, New York) was an American songwriter and record producer best known for "When a Woman Loves a Man" and writing lyrics to the jazz composition "'Round Midnight" which was composed by jazz musician Thelonious Monk.

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Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States.

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Bob Thiele

Bob Thiele (July 27, 1922 – January 30, 1996) was an American record producer who worked on numerous classic jazz albums and record labels.

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Body and Soul (1930 song)

"Body and Soul" is a popular song and jazz standard written in 1930 with lyrics by Edward Heyman, Robert Sour and Frank Eyton; and music by Johnny Green.

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Burt Bacharach

Burt Freeman Bacharach (born May 12, 1928) is an American composer, songwriter, record producer, pianist, and singer who has composed hundreds of popular hit songs from the late 1950s through the 1980s, many in collaboration with popular lyricist Hal David.

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David Foster

David Walter Foster, OC, OBC (born November 1, 1949), is a Canadian musician, record producer, composer, songwriter, and arranger.

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Desafinado

"Desafinado," a Portuguese word (usually rendered into English as "Out of Tune", or as "Off Key"), is the title of a bossa nova song composed by Antônio Carlos Jobim with lyrics (in Portuguese) by Newton Mendonça.

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Duke Ellington

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American composer, pianist, and bandleader of a jazz orchestra, which he led from 1923 until his death in a career spanning over fifty years.

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Edward Heyman

Edward Heyman (March 14, 1907October 16, 1981) was an American lyricist and producer, best known for his lyrics to "Body and Soul," "When I Fall in Love," and "For Sentimental Reasons." He also contributed to a number of songs for films.

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Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated as EW) is an American magazine, published by Meredith Corporation, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books and popular culture.

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Faith: A Holiday Album

Faith: A Holiday Album is the second holiday album by saxophonist Kenny G. It was released by Arista Records in 1999, and peaked at number 1 on the Contemporary Jazz Albums chart, number 4 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, number 5 on the Internet Albums chart and number 6 on the ''Billboard'' 200.

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Frank Eyton

Frank Eyton (30 August 1894 – 11 November 1962) was an English popular music lyricist best known for co-writing the lyrics of Johnny Green's "Body and Soul" (1930) with Edward Heyman and Robert Sour.

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George Benson

George Benson (born March 22, 1943) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter.

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George David Weiss

George David Weiss (April 9, 1921 – August 23, 2010) was an American songwriter and arranger, who had been a president of the Songwriters Guild of America.

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George Gershwin

George Jacob Gershwin (September 26, 1898 July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist.

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Greatest Hits (Kenny G album)

Greatest Hits is the second greatest hits album by saxophonist Kenny G. It was released by Arista Records in 1997 and peaked at number one on the Contemporary Jazz Albums chart, number 15 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and number 19 on the ''Billboard'' 200.

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Greg Phillinganes

Gregory Arthur "Greg" Phillinganes (born May 12, 1956) is an American keyboardist, singer-songwriter, and musical director based in Los Angeles, California, U.S. A prolific session musician, Phillinganes has contributed keyboard tracks to numerous albums representing a broad array of artists and genres.

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Hal David

Harold Lane "Hal" David (May 25, 1921 – September 1, 2012) was an American lyricist.

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Harold Arlen

Harold Arlen (born Hyman Arluck; February 15, 1905 – April 23, 1986) was an American composer of popular music who composed over 500 songs, a number of which have become known worldwide.

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Humberto Gatica

Humberto Gatica is a 16 Time Grammy Award Winning Chilean-born American record producer, music mixer, audio engineer and a long-time collaborator with producer David Foster.

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In a Sentimental Mood

"In a Sentimental Mood" is a jazz composition by Duke Ellington that is also performed as a song.

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Ira Gershwin

Ira Gershwin (6 December 1896 17 August 1983) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century.

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Irving Mills

Irving Harold Mills (né Isadore Minsky; 16 January 1894 in Odessa, Ukraine – 21 April 1985 in Palm Springs, California) was an American music publisher, musician, lyricist, and jazz artist promoter.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.

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Johnny Green

John Waldo Green (October 10, 1908 – May 15, 1989) was an American songwriter, composer, musical arranger, conductor and pianist.

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Kenny G

Kenneth Bruce Gorelick (born June 5, 1956), better known by his stage name Kenny G, is an American saxophonist.

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Louis Armstrong

Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo, Satch, and Pops, was an American trumpeter, composer, singer and occasional actor who was one of the most influential figures in jazz.

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Manny Curtis

Manny Curtis (born Emanuel Kurtz, 1911 – 1984) was an American songwriter.

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Nathan East

Nathan Harrell East (born December 8, 1955) is an American jazz, R&B and rock bass player and vocalist.

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Norman Gimbel

Norman Gimbel (born November 16, 1927) is an American lyricist of popular songs, television and movie themes whose writing career includes such titles as "Sway", "Canadian Sunset", "Summer Samba", "The Girl from Ipanema", "Killing Me Softly with His Song", "Meditation", and "I Will Wait for You", along with an Oscar for "It Goes Like It Goes" - from the film Norma Rae.

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Over the Rainbow

"Over the Rainbow" is a ballad, with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Yip Harburg.

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Overdubbing

Overdubbing (the process of making an overdub, or overdubs) is a technique used in audio recording, whereby a musical passage is recorded twice.

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Pat Metheny

Patrick Bruce Metheny (born August 12, 1954) is an American jazz guitarist and composer.

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Paulinho da Costa

Paulinho da Costa (born Paulo Roberto da Costa on May 31, 1948) is a Brazilian percussionist born in Rio de Janeiro, considered one of the most recorded musicians of modern times.

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Randy Waldman

Randy Waldman (born September 8, 1955, Chicago, Illinois, United States) is an American pianist, arranger, composer, and conductor.

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Rhodes piano

The Rhodes piano (also known as the Fender Rhodes piano or simply Fender Rhodes or Rhodes) is an electric piano invented by Harold Rhodes, which became particularly popular throughout the 1970s.

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Richard Thompson (musician)

Richard Thompson, OBE (born 3 April 1949) is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist.

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Robert Mellin

Robert Mellin (1902–1994) was an English songwriter and music publisher.

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Robert Sour

Robert Sour (1905–1985) was a lyricist and composer, and the president of Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI).

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Saxophone

The saxophone (also referred to as the sax) is a family of woodwind instruments.

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Stranger on the Shore

"Stranger on the Shore" is a piece for clarinet written by Acker Bilk for his young daughter and originally named "Jenny" after her.

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Summertime (George Gershwin song)

"Summertime" is an aria composed in 1934 by George Gershwin for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess.

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The Girl from Ipanema

"Garota de Ipanema" ("The Girl from Ipanema") is a Brazilian bossa nova jazz song.

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The Look of Love (1967 song)

"The Look of Love" is a popular song composed by Burt Bacharach and Hal David and sung by English pop singer Dusty Springfield, which appeared in the 1967 spoof James Bond film Casino Royale.

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Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Sphere Monk (October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer.

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Vinicius de Moraes

Marcus Vinicius da Cruz e Mello Moraes (19 October 1913 – 9 July 1980), also known as Vinícius de MoraesAccording to current Portuguese orthography, the name would be spelled Vinícius de Morais.

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Walter Afanasieff

Walter Afanasieff (born February 10, 1958), formally nicknamed as Baby Love in the 1980s, is a Brazilian American multiple Grammy Award-winning musician, songwriter, record producer and composer of Russian descent.

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What a Wonderful World

"What a Wonderful World" is a pop ballad written by Bob Thiele (as "George Douglas") and George David Weiss.

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William Ross (composer)

William Ross (born 1948) is an American composer, orchestrator, arranger, conductor and music director.

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Yip Harburg

Edgar Yipsel "Yip" Harburg (born Isidore Hochberg, איסידור הוכברג; April 8, 1896 or 1898 – March 5, 1981) was an American popular song lyricist and librettist who worked with many well-known composers.

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1999 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in 1999.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classics_in_the_Key_of_G

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