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Kenny G
Kenny G has distinguished himself as a master craftsman through his fifteen best-selling albums. He
began nurturing his natural gift while playing sax in the high school band in his hometown of Seattle,
Washington. At the age of seventeen, Kenny G (for Gorelick) performed his first professional gig as
a member of Barry White's Love Unlimited Orchestra. An accounting student at the University of
Washington by day, Kenny's night job consisted of performing with artists who were appearing in
Seattle including Johnny Mathis, The Spinners, Uberace and others.
In addition to his own distinguished catalog of work, Kenny has graced the recordings and shared
the stage with a veritable *Who's Who' in contemporary music including artists like Aretha Franklin,
Whitney Houston, Toni Braxton, Babyface, Celine Dion, Frank Sinatra and Dionne Warwick, among
others. In 1991, Kenny performed the score and theme for the Julia Roberts film, "Dying Young"
and in 1998, he recorded his own version of "My Heart Will Go On," the theme from the movie
"Titanic*
International superstar and Grammy Award-winner Kenny G— acknowledged as the most successful
instrumental recording artist in contemporary music history—has sold 70 million albums over two
decades.
2005 City of JAtCanta bureau of CuIturaCJAffairs
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An Evening at Chastain
Amphitheater with Kenny G
and Kathleen Bertrand
Friday May 27, 2005 7pm
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February Winners: JASPECTS March Winners: Christian Tamburr April Winners: Adams Tpwnship
Saturday, May 28
Piedmont Park Main Stage, 3 p.m.
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The band consists of Jaye P. Price - Alto Saxophone;
Henry C Conerway, III - Drums; DWayne R. Dugger
-Tenor Saxophone; Terrence L Brown - Piari6;'James
E. King - Trumpet; Jon-Christopher Sowells-'-* Bass
Founded on the campus of Morehouse College on
February 17, 2003, Jaspects is the brain child of five
tenadous young Men of Morehouse. . , lfl
Saturday, May 28
Piedmont Park Main Stage, 6 p.m.
Chrjrtiap Tamburr is a multi-
instnimentalfst accomplished on
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worid* and orchestral percussion.
However, his true talent is
exhibited pn his instrument of,choice, the vtfxj
Confirm^ in^y of .^wtien in. thsjc. annyal
poll of collegiate musicians, Downbeat Magazine
awarded him ''OutstaridftSg Sold Jazz Performance*.
Now 24, Christian first started performing jazz at
the age of 14 and has since had the opportunity to
work with many jazz Jpgends induding, Ira Sullivan,
Clark Terry, James Moody, Benny Green, Budcy
Pizarelli, Kevin Mahogany, Nicolas Payton, Art Van
Damm, Slide Hampton, Bob Mintzer, Tom Kubts, Milt
Hilton, Dick Hyman, Bob Haggart Mark Murphy,
Eric Marienthal, Marcus Printup, and Bunky Green
to name a few.
Saturday, May 28
Piedmont Park Main Stage, 4 p.m.
Adams Township is a five-
piece jazz, funk, fusion band
based in Atlanta. The band
consists of Tony Waite on
guitar, Todd Kerstetter on
bass. Mason Bumgarner cn
drums, Ben Teach on tenor
sax, and JasOn Pellett on trumpet Their distinctive
sound rises from their exciting fusion of disparate
musical sources. According to the Savannah Morning
News, Adams Township has been "blending musical
styles and blurring the boundaries that once existed
between established genres...and [they] do it well."
The blending of styles, combined with energetic
and experimental shows, appeal to a very diverse
crowd, from diehard jazz aficionados to jam band
followers.
Deborah Brown featuring Dr. Lonnie Smith & Joe Beck
Saturday, May 28
Piedmont Park Main Stage, 7 p.m.
Deborah Breaftn's musical talents have
propelled her from coast to coast In the USA,
eventually leading her to Japan, Indonesia and
the Far East She has made a name for herself
with appearances in more than 50 countries
around the world performing in nightdubs,
concerts, jazz festivals, and on television and
radio soundstages. With 11 albums of her
own recorded, she has also been featured on
numerous other recordings as a special guest
soloist •
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State of the Art featuring Sonny Emory
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Saturday May 28
Piedmont Park Main Stage, 8:30 p.m. m
A graduate of Georgia State University with
a jyWtfi Jazz Performance, Emory now
a part time professor of applied
on at his alma mater. From 1987
t6 ^1999; Emory held down the drum chair
vyjfth4he legendary R&B group Earth, Wind
& Fire and co-wrote the tune "Cruising"
with members of that band. The song can
be heard on the score to Spike Lee's 1998
motion picture, Get On the Bus. He also
worked on the Lethal Weapon II soundtrack
with Eric Clapton and David Sanborn and
has recorded, and or performed, with a
virtual “who's who" in pop and jazz music,
induding, Stanley Clarke, David Sanborn,
&*tte Midler, Al Jarreau, Paula Abdul, Jean-
Luc Ponty and Boz Scaggs.