Gardiner Music Mentoring

Life is about celebrating music and life at Pajama Studios Pajama Studios. Happy 16th Birthday Hudson aka "HEO$". Celebrating 10 years at GMM Gardiner Music Mentoring with producer/mentors James Gardiner and Paula Telander 🎼💜🎂🏆🎂💜🎶

Sound Pressure Labs TrueSPL designer/founder Michael Way, computer software designer Stephen Haralson, and Pajama Studios’ James Gardiner Gardiner Music Mentoring have been named Northern California’s exclusive Studio to use TrueSPL for mastering services 🎼💜🎧🎛️🎚️💜🎶

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SPL Launches TrueSPL Real-Time Surround Sound Beta Test - Mixonline SPL designer/founder Michael Way, computer software designer Stephen Haralson and Pajama Studios’ James Gardiner.

The talented Young Hudson having his bliss time at Pajama Studios during his mentoring time at Gardiner Music Mentoring with James Gardiner and Paula Telander 🎼💜🎙️💜🎶

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"Kenneth Gorelick, born in Seattle, in 1956, grew up there, in a middle-class Jewish family, and, in high school, was recognized as a saxophone virtuoso. His school band had a resident composer, James Gardiner, who, in an interview with Lane, describes the young Kenny as an extraordinary sight-reader. Chosen to deliver a brief solo in a 1974 concert at the Seattle Center Opera House with Gardiner’s professional ensemble, Kenny—instead of improvising a brief cadenza, as Gardiner had intended—held a single note for ten minutes, with a technique known as circular breathing (in effect, breathing in through the nose while blowing the sax), and got a standing ovation. According to Gardiner, “That was the moment little Kenny Gorelick became the G-Man.”

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“Listening to Kenny G” Is an Ironic Masterpiece In Penny Lane’s new documentary, the best-selling instrumental artist of all time unwittingly helps to explain why so many people dislike his music.

📽"Listening to Kenny G" streaming on HBOMax featuring James Gardiner 🎶
🎼 Kenny G went to Franklin High School, where he played with the award-winning Franklin JazzLab, a groovy ensemble that had its own composer in residence: James Gardiner. Among the talking heads in the doc — jazz scholars and critics who alternately tear down and seriously consider Kenny G — Gardiner stands out as someone who knows the musician personally and recognized his talent from the start, even getting him a transformative early gig with Barry White...

But for me, the most genuinely emotional moment in this fascinating film is when Gardiner visits his former student after many years. Their joy in reunion is palpable. The two chat amiably while walking down a path toward Kenny G’s Malibu studio, where he shows off his latest recordings, still seeking approval from his old teacher."

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ArtSEA: How Seattle’s Franklin High School shaped Kenny G | Crosscut A look at the new HBO documentary profiling the revered and reviled saxophonist. Plus: Where to hear holiday tunes around town.

James Gardiner Jim Gardiner is featured in 'Listening to Kenny G' film. Available for screening online today until 9/26/21. Click on this link, then click on UNLOCK to register, $15 pays for your online screening, you have 72hrs to watch the film and Filmmaker Q&A Director Penny Lane, where they mention James as well. Enjoy 🎶💜🎬

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Variety Film Interview: "James Jim Gardiner, a Black composer who helped inspire Gorelick in high school, remembers the first time his former student did that onstage, extending a note for 10 minutes. He describes it as the moment Kenny G "found his soul"..." Where did Kenny G get his signature sound? Following a music recommendation from Gardiner in high school...That's where the radio stations came to dub Kenny G's genre of music: "smooth jazz."
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‘Listening to Kenny G’ Review: You’ll Never Think About the Pop Sax Artist the Same Way Again Say what you will, but I’ve always had a soft spot for Kenny G. I’m a sucker for the pure, spun-sugar sax appeal of instrumental hits like “Songbird,” “Silhouette” and the aptly named “Sentimental.…

TIFF 2021 Interview with director Penny Lane, asking what was it like talking with James Jim Gardiner during the HBO film 'Listening to Kenny G': "We don't spend enough time acknowledging the people who help us along the way and get us to where we're going, so on a personal level, I wanted to give his influence on Kenny it's due." the 🎼🎶💜🤩💜🎶🎵

TIFF 2021 Interview: Penny Lane on Exploring the Rougher Edges Around the Popularity of Smooth Jazz in “Listening to Kenny G” On giving thoughtful consideration to a musician who never aspired to anything more than getting his audience to take their mind off things.

The film charts the rise of Kenny G to explore the boom and backlash. Receiving musical encouragement and mentorship from his high school band teacher, composer James Jim Gardiner, got inspired by Grover Washington, Jr., and launched his career with Clive Davis
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Listening to Kenny G Penny Lane’s documentary takes a witty and provocative look at the easy-listening saxophonist’s story while asking: what makes music good or bad?