Kenny G Joins Balboa Theatre Season, 10/14

San Diego Theatres today announced Kenny G In Concert at the historic Balboa Theatre on Friday, October 14 at 8PM. The 2011-2012 BALBOA THEATRE SEASON began with FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE! 35TH Anniversary World Tour on August 2, and continues with An Evening With Howie Mandel on October 23, k.d. lang and the SISS BOOM BANG on October 24; and the return of two-time Grammy® nominated Australian virtuoso guitarist Tommy EmmaNUEL for Valentine's Day, February 14, 2012.

Kenny G will appear In Concert at the historic Balboa Theatre on Friday, October 14 at 8PM; tickets go on sale THURSDAY, September 1 at 10AM. 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 ‘80s, 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.

Recent releases on Concord Records include Heart and Soul, which captures the spirit and vibe of classic R&B; and Rhythm and Romance, an album that united him with an all-star lineup of Latin musicians. Heart and Soul is a culmination of everything that came before it, a confident statement from an instrumentalist and songwriter who remains true to his own voice after nearly three decades of artistically satisfying and commercially compelling recordings.

Kenny soaked up the R&B of the early and mid 1970s during his teen years at an inner-city Seattle high school where he mixed with a culturally diverse student body at a young age. Inspired by the likes of Earth, Wind & Fire and Grover Washington, Jr., he was only 17 when he landed a gig with Barry White and his Love Unlimited Orchestra at the Paramount Northwest Theater (now the Paramount Theater) in 1973. After high school, the 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 ‘90s, 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.

Tickets for Kenny G In Concert range from $35 - $115 (including $2 Facility Fee); and go on sale Thursday, September 1 at 10AM. Purchase online at http://www.sandiegotheatres.org/eventstickets; at the San Diego Civic Theatre ticket office or by calling 570-1100 (619/760/858 area codes) and TicketMaster. For more information, visit: www.SDBalboa.org.

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