“Not as bad as liking Kenny G. or Yanni or the Dave Matthews band.”
Kenny is a scratch golfer who generates lots of bucks for charities. I’m told Frank Beard can hold his own on the links as well.
Yeah, I’ve seen him play at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am a couple times. Guy can play golf.
Also saw him in L.A. (back when his last name was still Gorelick) with the Jeff Lorber Fusion Band. Good (albeit limited) instrumentalist. Fine for that style. But he realized commercial success was all but impossible in that genre, and decided to rebrand himself “G” and create his own style — “adult contemporary” or “smooth” or whatever. Not my thing at all obviously, but he sure hit the right chord with a mass audience — middle aged women needing to de-stress.
Jazz musicians criticized him for selling out, but I’m guessing most of it was out of envy — he may be the richest (formerly) jazz musician ever.