"Rendezvous" is a jazz ballad composed by Kenny G, Sam Hirsh, and Walter Afanasieff for Kenny G's 2021 album New Standards on Concord Records. The fourth track on the album and running approximately six minutes and nineteen seconds, the piece features an expressive tenor saxophone melody supported by keyboards, bass guitar, drums, and orchestral strings. The composition evokes the aesthetic of 1940s jazz through its smoky, intimate character and throwback chord changes drawn from the harmonic vocabulary of classic jazz standards. Kenny G has cited the work of John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins, Cannonball Adderley, and Dexter Gordon as harmonic inspiration for the New Standards project, and "Rendezvous" embodies that aspiration to capture the romance and sophistication of vintage jazz balladry through original material. Notably, it was the first song Kenny G recorded for the album, suggesting its role as an anchor track that established the sonic and thematic direction for the entire collection. The original recording features Greg Phillinganes on keyboards, Nate Light on bass guitar, and Charles Ruggiero on drums, with orchestral programming by Mary Webster and strings recorded at Air Lyndhurst Hall in London. "Rendezvous" has not been widely covered by other artists and remains associated primarily with Kenny G's original recording.
