Kenny G Performs Tonight at the Coca-Cola Dome

Presented by Canoc Productions in association with Mzanzi Magic Music, Kenny G is set to enthrall South African fans and lovers of contemporary and smooth jazz at the Coca-Cola Dome in Johannesburg tonight.

In a recording career that spans almost three decades and 23 albums, Grammy Award-winning saxophonist Kenny G has grafted elements of R&B, pop and Latin to a jazz foundation solidifying his reputation as the premiere artist in contemporary jazz. Since the early 1980s, his combination of unparalleled instrumental chops and indelible melodies has resulted in sales of more than 75 million records worldwide (45 million in the U.S. alone) and more than a dozen climbs to the top of Billboard's contemporary jazz chart.

After high school, gigs with R&B and contemporary jazz artists like White and Jeff Lorber kept coming. In 1982, he landed a record deal with Arista and launched a solo career with three critically acclaimed jazz albums - KENNY G (1982), G-FORCE (1983) and GRAVITY (1985). By the 1990s, he was a multi-platinum seller and a frequent collaborator with some of the most iconic figures in American popular music, including Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Natalie Cole and Frank Sinatra. His subsequent studio albums, SILHOUETTE (1988) and BREATHLESS (1992), were hugely successful, the latter selling more than 12 million records in the U.S. alone and spawning the Grammy-winning single, "Forever in Love."

Other career highlights include MIRACLES, a 1994 holiday album that took him to the top of the Billboard chart for the first time and has since become the best-selling holiday album of all time. His two holiday albums since then - FAITH in 1999 and WISHES in 2002 - have been similarly successful. AT LAST... THE DUETS ALBUM, released in 2004, featured performances by Barbara Streisand, Burt Bacharach and LeAnn Rimes, along with a remake of Outkast's "The Way You Move" with Earth, Wind and Fire.

Pleasure Letsoalo, Managing Director and Founder of Canoc Productions, says, "We are exceptionally pleased to bring this phenomenally successful GRAMMY Award winning artist to perform in South Africa". Canoc Productions has previously brought Trey Songz, Lil Wayne, Rick Ross and Maxwell to South Africa.

Victor Koaho, Mzansi Magic Music's Head of Marketing, says, "We are excited to be a part of the Kenny G concert. As Mzansi Magic Music we believe in exposing our audiences to the best in local and international music."

Don't miss Kenny G at the Coca-Cola Dome at 8pm tonight, 20 November 2014. Book now at Computicket by calling 0861 915 8000 or by visiting your nearest Computicket service centre. For more tour information visit www.KennyG.com or www.canoc.co.za, and keep up to date with Kenny G on Twitter and Facebook.

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