The Essential Kenny G
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The Essential Kenny G is the fifth greatest hits
Greatest hits
A greatest hits album is a music compilation album of successful, previously released songs by a particular artist or band...

 album by saxophonist
Saxophone
The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...

 Kenny G
Kenny G
Kenneth Bruce Gorelick , better known by his stage name Kenny G, is an American, adult contemporary and smooth jazz saxophonist. His fourth album, Duotones, brought him breakthrough success in 1986...

, released by Arista Records
Arista Records
Arista was an American record label. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment and operated under the RCA Music Group. The label was founded in 1974 by Clive Davis, who formerly worked for CBS Records...

 in 2006
2006 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2006.-January:*January 10 – Eric Burdon releases his album Soul of a Man and begins touring with a new band....

. It reached number 3 on the Billboard
Billboard charts
The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs or albums in the United States. The results are published in Billboard magazine...

 Contemporary Jazz chart. Two different editions of the album were released: the single-disc version contains fifteen songs, while the double-disc edition has 31 songs.

Single-disc version

  1. "What A Wonderful World
    What a Wonderful World
    "What a Wonderful World" is a song written by Bob Thiele and George David Weiss. It was first recorded by Louis Armstrong and released as a single in 1968. Thiele and Weiss were both prominent in the music world . Armstrong's recording was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999...

    " (with Louis Armstrong
    Louis Armstrong
    Louis Armstrong , nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana....

    )
    – 3:01
  2. "Morning" – 5:15
  3. "Sister Rose" – 6:13
  4. "Even If My Heart Would Break" (featuring Aaron Neville
    Aaron Neville
    Aaron Neville is an American soul and R&B singer and musician. He has had four top-20 hits in the United States along with four platinum-certified albums...

    )
    – 4:59
  5. "The Moment
    The Moment (Kenny G song)
    "The Moment" is an instrumental by American Smooth jazz saxophonist Kenny G, from his seventh studio album The Moment which was released in 1996.-Music video:...

    " – 6:01
  6. "Summertime" (featuring George Benson
    George Benson
    George Benson is a ten Grammy Award winning American musician, whose production career began at the age of twenty-one as a jazz guitarist....

    )
    – 6:44
  7. "Missing You Now
    Missing You Now
    "Missing You Now" is a song recorded by Michael Bolton. It was the fourth single released from his 1991 album, Time, Love & Tenderness. The song features saxophone player Kenny G; it was produced by Walter Afanasieff, who also co-wrote the song with Bolton and noted songwriter Diane Warren."Missing...

    " (with Michael Bolton
    Michael Bolton
    Michael Bolton is an American singer and songwriter. Bolton originally performed in the hard rock and heavy metal genres from the mid 1970s to the mid 1980s, both on his early solo albums and those recorded as the frontman of the band Blackjack...

    )
    – 4:33
  8. "G-Bop" – 4:06
  9. "My Heart Will Go On
    My Heart Will Go On
    "My Heart Will Go On" is the theme song/love theme of the 1997 blockbuster film Titanic. With music by James Horner, lyrics by Will Jennings, and production by Simon Franglen, James Horner and Walter Afanasieff ,, it was recorded by Céline Dion...

    " – 4:22
  10. "Beautiful" (featuring Chaka Khan
    Chaka Khan
    Chaka Khan , frequently known as the Queen of Funk, is a 10-time Grammy Award winning American singer-songwriter who gained fame in the 1970s as the frontwoman and focal point of the funk band Rufus. While still a member of the group in 1978, Khan embarked on a successful solo career...

    )
    – 3:45
  11. "Havana
    Havana (song)
    "Havana" is the title of a 1997 single by jazz musician Kenny G. It was the second single taken from his 1996 studio album, The Moment, which was released on Arista Records. The song was written and produced by Kenny G and Walter Afanasieff. As with virtually all of his songs, Kenny G plays the...

    " – 7:22
  12. "Going Home" – 5:30
  13. "Januari" (featuring Glenn Fredly
    Glenn Fredly
    Glenn Fredly Deviano Latuihamallo is an Indonesian R&B singer and songwriter. Entering the music industry after winning a singing contest in 1995, as of 2009 he has released 10 albums.-Biography:...

    )
    – 3:51
  14. "The Way You Move" (featuring Earth, Wind & Fire
    Earth, Wind & Fire
    Earth, Wind & Fire is an American soul and R&B band formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1969 by Verdine and Maurice White. Also known as EWF, the band has won six Grammy Awards and four American Music Awards. They have been inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Vocal Group Hall of...

    )
    – 4:08
  15. "Jasmine Flower" – 4:36

Disc 1

  1. "Songbird
    Songbird (Kenny G song)
    "Songbird" is a song by Kenny G, and the third single from his 1986 album Duotones. It reached #3 on the U.S. Adult Contemporary charts, #4 on the U.S. Hot 100 charts and #23 on the U.S...

    " – 5:03
  2. "Sade" – 4:20
  3. "Slip of the Tongue" – 4:53
  4. "Don't Make Me Wait for Love" – 4:03
  5. "Silhouette
    Silhouette (song)
    "Silhouette" is an instrumental by American smooth jazz saxophonist Kenny G, from his fifth studio album Silhouette which was released in 1988.-Chart performance:...

    " – 5:29
  6. "Against Doctor's Orders" – 4:44
  7. "What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)" – 4:08
  8. "Brazil" – 4:38
  9. "Theme from Dying Young" – 4:01
  10. "We've Saved the Best for Last" – 4:20
  11. "Forever in Love
    Forever in Love
    "Forever in Love" is the title of an instrumental song by saxophone player Kenny G that was released as a single in 1993. The song appears on Kenny G's album Breathless, and he both wrote and produced the song. It peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at #18 and spent two weeks at #1 on the adult...

    " – 4:59
  12. "Midnight Motion (Live)" – 8:23
  13. "By the Time This Night Is Over
    By the Time This Night Is Over
    "By the Time This Night Is Over" is a song by Kenny G, featuring Peabo Bryson, released as a single from his album Breathless, in 1993. The song peaked at #25 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the summer of 1993, spending seven weeks in the Top 40. On the R&B chart, the song reached #37...

    " (featuring Peabo Bryson
    Peabo Bryson
    Peabo Bryson is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter, born in Greenville, South Carolina...

    )
    – 4:24
  14. "Loving You" – 3:20
  15. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
    Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
    "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" is a song introduced by Judy Garland in the 1944 MGM musical Meet Me in St. Louis. Frank Sinatra later recorded a version with modified lyrics, which has become more common than the original. The song was written by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane...

    " – 3:58
  16. "Sentimental
    Sentimental (Kenny G song)
    "Sentimental" is a song by American Smooth jazz saxophonist Kenny G, from his sixth studio album Breathless which was released in 1992.-Chart performance:...

    " – 6:35

Disc 2

  1. "What a Wonderful World" (with Louis Armstrong) – 3:01
  2. "Morning" – 5:14
  3. "Sister Rose" – 6:14
  4. "Even if My Heart Would Break" – 5:00
  5. "The Moment" – 6:03
  6. "Summertime" (featuring George Benson) – 6:46
  7. "Missing You Now" (with Michael Bolton) – 4:35
  8. "Pick Up the Pieces" (featuring David Sanborn
    David Sanborn
    David Sanborn is an American alto saxophonist. Though Sanborn has worked in many genres, his solo recordings typically blend jazz with instrumental pop and R&B. He released his first solo album Taking Off in 1975, but has been playing the saxophone since before he was in high school...

    )
    – 4:15
  9. "My Heart Will Go On" – 4:23
  10. "Beautiful" (featuring Chaka Khan) – 3:46
  11. "Havana" – 7:23
  12. "Going Home" – 5:32
  13. "The Way You Move" (featuring Earth, Wind & Fire) – 4:10
  14. "Deck the Halls / The Twelve Days of Christmas
    The Twelve Days of Christmas (song)
    "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is an English Christmas carol that enumerates a series of increasingly grand gifts given on each of the twelve days of Christmas. Although first published in England in 1780, textual evidence may indicate the song is French in origin...

    " – 3:00
  15. "Auld Land Syne (The Millennium Mix)" – 7:52
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