Customer Reviews
The soundtrack to a permanent vegetative state. - By: IcarusAscending, 04 Jul 2008 
Enjoy taking the lift? Love a good long wait on hold? Find your toes tapping to the radioin the doctor's waiting room? Feel the urge to dancein the Cleaning Products & Binliners aislein Morrisons? Then you'll love the insipid, soulless faux-jazz muzak of Kenny G.
Thinking about buying this (or any other) Kenny G record? I'll save you the effort; everything he's produced consists of irritatingly sharp pentatonic runs up & down, interrupted occasionally by a wavering, poorly-controlled long note followed by one of his half a dozen twiddly licks. Repeat until you feel the urge to vomit up your own lungs. This is a record of soul crushing dreariness, a reminder of just how suffocatingly vacuous some human beings are. 'Music' of this calibre would be disappointing from a young player still finding their direction, but Mr Gorelick has been playing for well over thirty years & seems to have utterly failed to develop as an artist.
Amazon's Bargain Jazz section has a whole host of classic albums for less than a fiver that are everything 'Breathless' isn't - insightful, enriching, innovative, vital, spiritually nourishing & worthy of your time & money.
I prefer my jazz with substance - By: No Name, 01 Jun 2007 
I don't know how Kenny G gets classified as Jazz, but as far as mindless background music goes, this is not too horrible.
Breathless - Kenny G's best - By: C. Sarith, 25 Feb 2004 
It is easily Kenny G's best album to date. Each track is a masterpiece & listeners will find a 'mood' for every track..Its got a bit of everything....
ENERGY (The Joy of Life, GBop)
VOCALS (By the Time This Night Is Over, Even If My Heart Would Break)
LOVE (Foreverin Love, Wedding Song)
SENTIMENTAL (Sentimental, Alone, End of the Night)
and much much more.
Though most of the tracks are from his older albums, Kenny G has taken care to pick & choose the best tracks to fit into Breathless. This is truly a masterpiece.
A MUST MUST BUY.... :-)
The more I listen to it, the more I love it...
MELLIFLUENTLY MELLOW... - By: Lawyeraau, 19 Feb 2003 This is a wonderful CD, with music rangingin tone from the poignantly bittersweet to the sweetly joyful. The soothing refrains of Kenny G's sax makes for a very mellow, relaxing listening experience. If you love beautiful music, then this is a must have CD. For those critics who say that this is not jazz, I would agree with you. It does not mean that it is not worthy. Open up your heart to its beauty, & stop being so pompous & hung up on labels. This is a CD well worth listening to.
MELLIFLUENTLY MELLOW... - By: Lawyeraau, 18 Sep 2001 This is a wonderful CD, with music rangingin tone from the poignantly bittersweet to the sweetly joyful. The soothing refrains of Kenny G's sax makes for a very mellow, relaxing listening experience. If you love beautiful music, then this is a must have CD. For those critics who say that this is not true jazz, I would agree with you. It does not mean that it is not worthy. Open up your heart to its beauty, & stop being so pompous & hung up on labels. This is a terrific CD, which should be a part of every music lover's collection.
