Sometimes it's incredible when a song gets played on the airwaves, it becomes an instant hit. You hear it everywhere you go and people just can't get enough of it. It doesn't matter what genre the music is so long as it catches people's ear, they're listen to it till their ears bleed. you get that feeling that it will never stop playing. One such song was Kenny G's "Songbird".
I have to admit he helped make jazz popular again during my college days. Whether it was on the radio, on MTV, a television show or even a beer commercial, there was a big possibility that this song was always there. Even stations that don't usually play jazz included this in their playlist. Apart from listening to it, people also carried this in their cassette during dates. You thought it would never end.
One day it did, when the 90's rolled over, everything that was classy and elegant got replaced with drudgy clothing and angry music from the underground. Still, for some true blue jazz fans, this song still lives on. Another thing that Kenny had an impact on was that jazz artist started shorting their names to the first letter of their surname. Well one thing is for sure, when it's hot, it's hot and when it's not, it's not. Things change eventually and when they do, it just fades away.
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