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At Last...The Duets Album | 
 enlarge | Artist: Kenny G
Label: Arista
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
Buy New: $5.62
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Rating:  46 reviews
Sales Rank: 24422
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 62470
UPC: 828766247022
EAN: 0828766247022
ASIN: B00064K2RQ
Release Date: November 23, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: Still factory-sealed, case has lots of cracks/damage; CD guaranteed
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| Tracks:
| • | (Everything I Do) I Do It For You- featuring LeAnn Rimes | | • | Don't Know Why- featuring David Benoit | | • | I Believe I Can Fly- featuring Yolanda Adams | | • | At Last- featuring Arturo Sandoval | | • | Beautiful- featuring Chaka Khan | | • | Pick Up The Pieces- featuring David Sanborn | | • | Careless Whisper- featuring Brian McKnight | | • | Misty- featuring Gladys Knight | | • | Baby Come To Me- featuring Daryl Hall | | • | The Way You Move- featuring Earth Wind & Fire | | • | Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word- featuring Richard Marx | | • | Alfie- featuring Burt Bacharach | | • | XThe Music That Makes Me Dance- featuring Barbra Streisand |
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Amazon.com
The genius of At Last...The Duets Album is in its matchups and cross-pollinations. If producer Walter Afanasieff weren't already a much sought after music man--check out his arrangements here if his talents are unfamiliar--he might have built a brilliant career as a modern-day cupid. These are covers with a what-if factor (what if Brian McKnight covers Wham!? What if Richard Marx covered Elton John?) you don't want to miss: LeAnn Rimes wraps Bryan Adams' anthem-y "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" in rainy-day heartache; Yolanda Adams reaches for the stars in a rendition of R. Kelly's "I Believe I Can Fly" as inspiring as the original; Barbra Streisand waltzes through "The Music That Makes Me Dance" like the years since her heyday haven't mattered; and Earth, Wind & Fire dig the depth out of Raphael Saadiq's "The Way You Move." This, of course, is to say nothing of the sensuality brought to these collaborations by the goldilocked sax man himself. As with all Kenny G projects, the music is smoother than a frappuccino and oddly suited to a soap opera living room set; its swirls, swells, and crescendos seem meant to fall on bejeweled ears in pretty, carefully appointed spaces only. All-instrumental tracks like "Don't Know Why" with David Benoit and "Pick Up the Pieces" with David Sanborn have a fun look-at-me-sharing-the-spotlight quality, but in the end Chaka Khan puts across her point most convincingly: She, not Christina Aguilera, should have sung "Beautiful" to begin with. -Tammy La Gorce
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| Customer Reviews: Read 41 more reviews...
 ...more of a review of Kenny G and Tammy La Gorce... March 5, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm not sure which is more of a crime: Kenny G's successful career in music, or Tammy La Gorce's review of this album. The word "genius" has really come to be thrown around more and more in recent history than I can stand. It seems to be misused particularly when people who have either zero or minimal understanding of the arts are speaking of the arts. For Tammy La Gorce to call virtually any album she reviews "genius" is just blatantly uninformed and unintelligent (particularly in Kenny G's case).
In the even that one is unaware of the jazz community's utter hatred for Kenny G, he or she should search the Internet for Pat Metheny's highly-praised (and thorough) article on why Kenny G is utter blasphemy to music. Another option would be talk to students and/or professors from some of the country's leading schools for saxophone performance (including Northwestern University, Indiana University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Minnesota, Louisiana State University, and the Eastman School of Music). They will all tell you the same thing: Kenny G has a very elementary understanding of jazz, which is demonstrated through his immature phrasing, sound quality, "improvisational skills", vibrato, and ability to play in-tune. He has managed to become a household name simply because most people in this country are uninformed when it comes to musical artistry. In an ideal world only the people would know better, and Kenny G wouldn't even be capable of getting a record deal. Unfortunately, this is not the case, and there are many jazz artists in the world who are far more developed, far more musically educated, and, in short, far more deserving of the fame and fortune Kenny G has acquired. Some of these people end up having to quit music (which, at one point, was the absolute center of their entire being) and taking on jobs they despise just to prevent because they respect the performing arts, their previous mentors, and their predecessors too much to sell out like Kenny G.
As if La Gorce's completely idiotic praising of this album weren't enough, she put the nail in her credibility coffin by finishing off her review stating that, based on her preference for Chaka Khan's interpretation of "Beautiful", Khan should have been the original artist behind the song. If she and Christina Aguilera both find it to be a moving song they believe in, both of them have the right to perform it. Besides, Linda Perry (not Tammy La Gorce) is the one who wrote the song, and she gladly allowed Aguilera to use it and interpret it for her album. Perhaps La Gorce is to be trusted as a music critic even less than Kenny G is to be trusted as a true musician--and that's saying something.
 Wow August 22, 2007
When I purchased this CD I really was only interested in one song, I Believe I Could Fly. Now I cannot seem to stop listening to it.
 Nice change December 13, 2006
You know it's sad when someone has to put down another person just to make them feel bigger. I found this album was a fresh change to doing cover songs - face it, everyone in the industry is doing covers, but I really liked the different feel to them. There are some not so great Duet albums out there, unfortunately I have even bought a few, but I feel this one is a good buy...
Kenny G- Duets November 10, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Kenny G is excellent in this duets CD. Him along with other greats make for very enjoyable listening.
Kenny G is a horrible saxophonist August 14, 2006
3 out of 16 found this review helpful
Please noone buy this cd. It is a waste of your time, and the fact that so many people buy this cd goes along with how humans are getting more idiotic as we destroy the planet and continue to rise conflicts in other countries that could amount to a bigger picture. Kenny G is a horrible saxophonist, and all he plays are simplistic lines that people can wrap their heads around easily. If you want to listen to a great saxophonist, listen to Kenny Garret. Or Cannonball Adderly, John Coltrane, Joshua Redman, Wayne Shorter. If you like smooth jazz, Gerald Albright is an excellent saxophonist to listen to.
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