(At press time, he's sold more than 75 million records.) Neither might they rewire the brains of those conditioned to find him laughably milquetoast via gags on 'South Park,' 'Family Guy' and 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.'Д«ut as director Penny Lane's recent HBO doc, Listening to Kenny G,В expertlyВ lays out, the GRAMMY-winning and 17-times-nominated saxophonist born Kenneth Gorelick never set out to siphon a precious American tradition for fame and cash. The points of contention are manifold, fromВ his vanilla sound to his decades-long cultural ubiquity to his astronomical record sales. None of these expressions - however arresting - are bound to sway the jazz aficionados who loathe Kenny G. 'He's a really serious, excellent musician,' one older woman says pointedly, irate that the wider world would have the gall to mock him. Several sets of parents and adult children say they've been enjoying him together for decades. Three women - all saxophonists - traveled all the way from Costa Rica to see him. Lined up in front of the Blue Note in New York's Greenwich Village, we see those he touched, who hail from all ages, racial backgrounds and walks of life. There's a poignant moment in a new Kenny GВ docВ where we get to meet his fans as real people - not as faceless record-sales statistics.

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