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Inside [CD on Demand]
It's rare that saxophonist David Sanborn gets a notion to do something more adventurous than sitting in with the Letterman show's band. As a king of the smooth-jazz world, why should he? Inside, however, does take a couple of chances, though nothing on the order of 1991's Another Hand. Cassandra Wilson sits in for a dry reading of Aretha's "Day Dreaming" that suggests she's best in slightly more daring company; this take doesn't improve on either the original or on Mary J. Blige's recent cover. (For a revelatory Wilson cameo, check out her version of Muddy Waters's "Country Girl" on Javon Jackson's A Look Within.) Likewise, Sting ("Ain't No Sunshine") and perennial nonentities Lalah Hathaway and Eric Benet ("When I'm with You") bring little to their guest-vocal turns. As for the seven instrumental cuts, Sanborn and producer Marcus Miller rarely rise above midtempo mush. --Rickey Wright
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Tracks| 1 | Corners (For Herbie) | | 2 | Daydreaming - (with Cassandra Wilson and Eric Benet) | | 3 | Trance | | 4 | Brother Ray | | 5 | Lisa | | 6 | When I'm With You - (with Lalah Hathaway and Eric Benet) | | 7 | Naked Moon | | 8 | Cane | | 9 | Ain't No Sunshine - (with Sting) | | 10 | Miss You |
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