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Kenny G's and Gato Barbieri's setups

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Didier Thomas

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Dec 4, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/4/98
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Hi to all,

could anyone tell what are the setups of Kenny G and Gato Barbieri on tenor
saxophone. Thanks in advance
Didier from France

Brian Gibson

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Dec 4, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/4/98
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Kenny G's setup on Tenor is a Selmer Mark VI (59xxx) with a RIA metal #8
mouthpiece and lightly sanded Hemke reeds.

I don't know about Gato Barbieri.....

Brian Gibson

Dcconklin

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Dec 5, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/5/98
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I don't remember Gato's mpc, but he plays #1 reeds (yes that's #1, not a
misprint) and claims that most saxophonists can't even get a sound out of his
rig because of the soft reed -


Rr33ww

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Dec 6, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/6/98
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Kenny G.is awful.Who is so stupid they would want to sound that way.
He got a sound that is one of theworlds worst.

Dcconklin

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Dec 6, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/6/98
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IMHO, Kenny has better tone than Charlie Parker, so take that!!!!

David Burckhardt

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Dec 6, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/6/98
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This is the missing proof: you can have the best material, and still sound
awful...
I'm happy about my awful sound produced on an awful horn.... ;-)

Rr33ww

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Dec 7, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/7/98
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If thats what you hear then you are in sad shape .
Guess you'd rather look at nude pictures than
be with a real woman.

Phil

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Dec 7, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/7/98
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In article <19981205191123...@ng93.aol.com>, Rr33ww
<rr3...@aol.com> writes

>Kenny G.is awful.Who is so stupid they would want to sound that way.
> He got a sound that is one of theworlds worst.

Sure to you it may sound awful but why slate someone else for their
tastes. If the chap get pleasure out of listening to him then that is
all there should be to it.


Phil
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Didier Thomas

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Dec 9, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/9/98
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In article <dthomas-ya0240800...@news.pandemonium.fr>,
dth...@tpgnet.net (Didier Thomas) wrote:

> Hi to all,
>
> could anyone tell what are the setups of Kenny G and Gato Barbieri on tenor
> saxophone. Thanks in advance
> Didier from France

Hi guys,

thanks to the one who actually answered my question about kenny's setup. I
was just curious about it and did not mean to start a flaming here. So no
one knows about Barbieri's.
Didier

TEP251Sax

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Dec 9, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/9/98
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Gato plays a 95/1Metal Berg..and a number #1 reed-His sound is within' him.
What a player -Tim

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