Classics in the Key of G

Classics in the Key of G
Studio album by Kenny G
Released	June 29, 1999
Genre	Jazz
Length	55:27
Label	Arista
Producer	Kenny G Walter Afanasieff David Foster
Kenny G chronology
Kenny G - Greatest Hits (1997) Classics in the Key of G (1999) Faith: A Holiday Album (1999)

Classics in the Key of G is the first cover album by saxophonist Kenny G. It was released by Arista Records in 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]

Track listing

1. "Summertime" (featuring George Benson) (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 6:46
2. "The Look of Love" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 5:32
3. "What a Wonderful World" (lead vocal: Louis Armstrong) (George David Weiss, Robert Thiele) - 3:03
4. "Desafinado" (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça) - 5:52
5. "In a Sentimental Mood" (Duke Ellington, Manny Kurtz, Irving Mills) - 4:56
6. "The Girl from Ipanema" (lead vocal: Bebel Gilberto) (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Norman Gimbel, Vinícius de Moraes) - 4:17
7. "Stranger on the Shore" (Acker Bilk, Robert Mellin) - 3:09
8. "Body and Soul" (Edward Heyman, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Robert Sour) - 7:20
9. "'Round Midnight" (Bernie Hanighen, Cootie Williams, Thelonious Monk) - 6:26
10. "Over the Rainbow/The Girl from Ipanema (Instrumental)" (E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, Harold Arlen / Antonio Carlos Jobim, Norman Gimbel, Vinícius de Moraes) - 7:49

Singles

Information taken from this source.^[2]

Year	Title	Chart Positions
		US Adult Contemporary
1999	"What a Wonderful World"	#22

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

The third track features G's music overdubbed on Louis Armstrong's original recording. This move was criticized by musicians such as Pat Metheny^[4] and Richard Thompson,^[5] who were angered by what they perceived as arrogance on G's part to use a song by Louis Armstrong for personal gain.

References

1. ^ Charts & Awards at Allmusic
2. ^ Billboard Singles at Allmusic
3. ^ Allmusic review
4. ^ Jazz Guitar Online
5. ^ "I agree with Pat Metheny" video