What ever happened to John Klemmer?

Duanegoosen

Good summary. Also good for eating processed cheese.

"Touch" was indeed what I was thinking of as I think it was standard MFSL audio shop stuff circa 1980.

So apologies if that was only a low point in his career and he is otherwise a timeless genius.

...Wondered about that too. In the mid 70's i got a copy of Eruptions and it blew my head off at a time when i was on a steady diet of early John Mcluaghlin, Sonny Sharrock, Larry Coryell, Association P.C. and King Crimson (Larks Tongues). Eruptions is a scorcher!!!(zero Kenny G factor here). Blowin' Gold, Constant Throb and Intensity smoke pretty good too. He started to go soft and syrupy w/ Magic and Movement and really went for the processed cheese w/ Touch and some later records. I remember he took alot of heat from hardcore jazzers for awhile, then in 79' he put out Nexus w/ Bob Magnusson (i think some Coltrane compositions show up on that one) after that he went right back to making the saccharine stuff. I think he's still at it, i know he has a website.

Personally I think John Klemmer is a little bit better (not necessarily more technically competant) than Kenny G. I enjoy Touch and esp. "Straight to the Heart" Direct to Disk 1979 on Nautilus. I don't recall players like Joe Sample and Oscar Castro-Neves showing up for Kenny G sessions.

He is in the Musical Hall of Fame with Kenny G for best music to accompany root canals.

Good question! I still play the Mo-fi recording "Touch" occasionally as a refreshing diversion from the mainstream junk.

Check this link - it may contain the information you seek:

http://www.johnklemmer.com/bio/index.html