At Last...The Duets Album

Performer: Kenny G
Artist: Barbra Streisand; Chaka Khan; Richard Marx; Yolanda Adams; Brian McKnight; Gladys Knight; Daryl Hall; Earth, Wind & Fire; Burt Bacharach; LeAnn Rimes; Arturo Sandoval; David Sanborn; David Benoit
Producer: Walter Afanasieff; Clive Davis; Barbra Streisand; Jay Landers
Distributor: BMG (distributor)

Notes: Personnel: Kenny G (saxophone); Daryl Hall, LeAnn Rimes, Richard Marx, Yolanda Adams, Gladys Knight, Barbra Streisand, Brian McKnight, Chaka Khan (vocals); Mike Landau (electric guitar); David Sanborn (saxophone); Arturo Sandoval (trumpet); Walter Afanasieff (piano, programming); David Benoit, Burt Bacharach (piano); Greg Phillinganes (Fender Rhodes piano); Nathan East (bass instrument); Abe Laboriel, Jr., Vinnie Colaiuta (drums); Emanuel Kiriakou (programming); Dorian Holley, Tracy Nelson, Barbara Wilson, Conesha Monet, Namiah Wilson, Mabvuto Carpenter (background vocals); Earth, Wind & Fire. AT LAST...THE DUETS ALBUM is something of a departure in terms of what one might expect from a Kenny G album. The mellow saxophonist came to fame as a purveyor of soothing instrumental jazz/pop, but AT LAST marks his collaboration with a bevy of superstar vocalists. The singers that join the man formerly known as Gorelick come from all musical walks; Brian McKnight adds his contemporary R&B touch to the 1980s Wham! hit "Careless Whisper," country/pop siren LeAnn Rimes kicks the album off with "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You," and, over the course of the record, everyone from Earth, Wind & Fire to Barbra Streisand turns up. There are a couple of instrumental duets here as well, though, featuring such esteemed musicians as Cuban trumpeter Arturo Sandoval and pop legend Burt Bacharach, making DUETS a well-rounded endeavor.

Saxophonist Kenny G first gained attention as Kenny Gorelick, a member of second-tier jazz-fusion group the Jeff Lorber Fusion. After going solo, he developed a hyper-slick, instrumental pop sound that featured simple melodies played over gentle beds of jazzy mood music. With the help of clever promotion and marketing from Clive Davis's Arista Records, Kenny G's albums sold millions, and the saxophonist became one of the world's most famous modern instrumentalists. His success caused a great deal of debate in the jazz community, as his sound owed as much to Muzak and easy listening as it did to "serious" jazz.

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