Music CD Reviews : Jazz, Funk, Pop, Rock, R’n'B, Rap, Disco

CD Track List Follows:

1. Everlasting

2. Havana

3. Brazil

4. What A Wonderful World – (with Louis Armstrong)

5. Look Of Love, The 6. Silhouette

7. One More Time – (with Chante Moore)

8. Theme From Dying Young

9. Forever In Love

10. We’ve Saved The Best For Last

11. Songbird

12. Jasmine Flower

13. The Girl From Ipanema – (with Bebel Gilberto)

14. By The Time This Night Is Over – (with Peabo Bryson)

15. the Champion’s Theme

16. Don’t Make Me Wait For Love

17. The Moment

18. My Heart Will Go On – (from “Titanic”)

19. The Wedding Song

Ultimate Kenny G is the latest Smooth Jazz CD put out by the extremely talented Kenny G who once again has delivered a brilliant collection of tracks. I’m confident Kenny G fans, and Smooth Jazz fans alike will be pleased with this one.

Refreshingly, this was one of those CDs I was able to just pop in and comfortably listen to from beginning to end. Every track is enjoyable and was pretty easy for me to listen to from start to finish.

Ultimate Kenny G has a nicely varied, mix of 19 tracks that are very well written songs by this clearly talented artist. With many of the songs displaying a lot of the kind emotion that makes for a really great listen. Seemingly drawing from what I can only imagine are him own real life experiences. At different points touching on the most real emotions of love, and the pain of failed relationships can certainly be heard.

If you’re even mildly into Smooth Jazz music you’ll enjoy this album. Overall Ultimate Kenny G is an a great release. I give it my double thumbs up. You will not be disappointed with one single track.

Ultimate Kenny G is one of those CDs that grabs your attention with the first note of the first song and doesn’t let go until the very last note of the last track in the collection.

While the entire album is outstanding some of my favorites are Track 2, Havana, Track 6, Silhouette, and The Moment which is Track 17

My SmoothLee Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [...as in "Stuck On REpeat"] is Track 11 – Songbird. This is a great track!

CD Track List Follows:

1. Lisa
2. Miami Overnight
3. Streets Ahead
4. Interlude
5. All Would Envy – (featuring Shawn Colvin)
6. Best Time
7. When I See You
8. You Move Me
9. Blue Horizon
10. Light The Stars
11. Through An Open Window
12. Easter Parade

Personnel: Chris Botti (trumpet); Shawn Colvin, Lani Groves, Camilla (vocals); Bill Reichenbach (trombone); Kazu Matsui (shakuhachi); Kipper (keyboards, programming); Jeff Lorber, Billy Childs, Jeff Young (keyboards); Dominic Miller, Shane Fontayne, Heitor Pereira, Marc Shulman (guitar); Christian McBride, Jimmy Johnson, Jon Ossman (bass); Vinnie Colaiuta, Abe Laboriel, Jr. (drums); Luis Conte (percussion). Engineers include: Kevin Killen, Christopher J. Roberts, Kipper. Recorded at Boogie Nights, Hollywood and Sony Studios, Santa Monica, California; Clear Creek Recording, Austin, Texas; Ted Spencer Recording, New York, New York.

AWESOME!

Refreshingly, Night Sessions was one of those CDs I was able to just pop in and comfortably listen to from beginning to end. Every track is enjoyable and was pretty easy for me to listen to from start to finish.

The nice thing about a CD like this is with this level of talent even if Smooth Jazz isn’t your favorite style you still can’t help but appreciate the greatness of the artist.

Smooth Jazz fans will recognize some of the players that have been assembled to play along with Botti on this CD. Artists like Shawn Colvin, Kazu Matsui, Jeff Lorber, and Billy Childs just to name a few.

The CD really grabs your attention right from the very first note of the very first song, Lisa and doesn’t let go until the very last note of the very last song. Which is by the way a very nice closing track.

Overall Night Sessions is an outstanding release. What I call must have music. I give it two thumbs up, as it is most definitely a worthy addition to any Smooth Jazz collection. Truly an outstanding Smooth Jazz CD. A collection completely void of any wasted time, as each track is simply superb.