At Last...The Duets Album Explained

At Last...The Duets Album
Type:	Cover
Artist:	Kenny G
Cover:	At Last...The Duets Album Kenny G.jpg
Released:	November 23, 2004
Genre:	Smooth jazz
Length:	54:45
Label:	Arista
Producer:	Walter Afanasieff Emanuel Kiriakou Raphael Saadiq
Prev Title:	The Romance of Kenny G
Prev Year:	2004
Next Title:	The Greatest Holiday Classics
Next Year:	2005

At Last...The Duets Album is the second cover album and thirteenth studio album by saxophonist Kenny G. It was released by Arista Records in 2004, and reached number 1 on the Contemporary Jazz chart, number 21 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and number 40 on the Billboard 200.^[1]

Track listing

1. "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" - featuring LeAnn Rimes (Bryan Adams/Michael Kamen/Robert John Lange) - 5:04
2. "At Last" - featuring Arturo Sandoval (Harry Warren/Mack Gordon) - 4:06
3. "I Believe I Can Fly" - featuring Yolanda Adams (R. Kelly) - 5:19
4. "Careless Whisper" - featuring Brian McKnight (Andrew Ridgeley/George Michael) - 4:17
5. "Beautiful" - featuring Chaka Khan (Linda Perry) - 5:32
6. "Pick Up the Pieces" - featuring David Sanborn (Alan Gorrie/Owen McIntyre/Roger Ball/Malcolm Duncan/Robbie McIntosh/Hamish Stuart) - 4:13
7. "Baby Come to Me" - featuring Daryl Hall (Rod Temperton) - 3:56
8. "Misty" - featuring Gladys Knight (Johnny Burke/Erroll Garner) - 4:31
9. "Don't Know Why" - featuring David Benoit (Jesse Harris) - 5:08
10. "The Way You Move" - featuring Earth, Wind & Fire (Antwan Patton/Carlton Mahone/Patrick Brown) - 4:41
11. "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" - featuring Richard Marx (Elton John/Bernie Taupin) - 3:54
12. "Alfie" - featuring Burt Bacharach (Burt Bacharach/Hal David) - 4:10
13. "The Music That Makes Me Dance" - featuring Barbra Streisand (Jule Styne/Bob Merrill) - 4:30

Personnel

• Kenny G – saxophones
• Walter Afanasieff – keyboards (1-5, 7-12), acoustic piano (1-5), rhythm programming (1-5, 7-12), arrangements (1-12), Hammond B3 organ (6, 9, 10)
• Emanuel Kiriakou – programming (1-12), guitar (6), electric guitar (10)
• David Benoit – acoustic piano (9)
• Greg Phillinganes – Fender Rhodes (9)
• T-Bone Wolk – accordion (11)
• Burt Bacharach – acoustic piano (12)
• Michael Lang – acoustic piano (13)
• Michael Landau – electric guitar (1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9), guitar (6)
• Earl Klugh – guitar (4)
• Dean Parks – guitar (13)
• Nathan East – bass (6)
• Abe Laboriel, Jr. – drums (6)
• Vinnie Colaiuta – drums (9)
• Ralph Humphrey – drums (13)
• Peter Michael Escovedo – percussion (10)
• David Sanborn – saxophone (6)
• Gary Bias – saxophone (10)
• Reggie Young – trombone (10)
• Arturo Sandoval – trumpet (2)
• Gary Grant – trumpet (10)
• Jerry Hey – trumpet (10), horn arrangements (10)
• William Ross – string arrangements and conductor (2, 8, 13)
• Jorge Calandrelli – string arrangements and conductor (12)
• Ralph Burns – original Broadway arrangement (13)
• Debbie Datz-Pyle – string contractor (2, 8, 12)
• Patti Zimmitti – string contractor (2, 8, 12)
• LeAnn Rimes – lead vocals (1)
• Yolanda Adams – lead vocals (3)
• Mabvuto Carpenter – backing vocals (3, 7)
• Traci Nelson – backing vocals (3)
• Conshea Owens – backing vocals (3, 4, 5, 7)
• Barbara Wilson – backing vocals (3)
• Namiah Wilson – backing vocals (3)
• Brian McKnight – lead vocals (4)
• Clark Anderson – backing vocals (4)
• Chaka Khan – lead vocals (5)
• Dorian Holley – backing vocals (5)
• Darryl Phinnessee – backing vocals (5)
• Daryl Hall – lead vocals (7)
• Gladys Knight – lead vocals (8)
• Philip Bailey – lead vocals (10)
• Maurice White – lead vocals (10)
• Richard Marx – lead vocals (11)
• Barbra Streisand – lead vocals (13)

Production

• Executive Producers – Clive Davis (Tracks 1-12); Barbra Streisand and Jay Landers (Track 13).
• Producers – Walter Afanasieff (Tracks 1-12); Barbra Streisand (Track 13).
• Co-Producers – Emanuel Kiriakou (Track 1); Raphael Saadiq (Track 10).
• Saxophone produced by Kenny G
• Engineers – Emanuel Kiriakou and Steve Shepherd (Tracks 1-12); David Channing and Jonathan Duckett (Track 6); David Reitzas and Al Schmitt (Track 13).
• Additional Engineer on Tracks 2 & 12 – David Channing
• Assistant Engineers – Kaspar Hugentobler (Tracks 1, 3-7 & 9-12); Alan Mason (Tracks 3, 5 & 12); Jon Berkowitz (Track 6).
• Strings on Tracks 2 & 8 recorded by Joel Iwataki
• Lead vocals on Track 4 recorded by Chris Wood
• Horns on Track 10 recorded by David Channing
• ProTools Engineer on Tracks 1-12 – Emanuel Kiriakou
• Additional ProTools Engineers – John Hanes (Track 2); Joe Wohlmuth (Tracks 4 & 8).
• Mixing – Andy Zulla (Tracks 1, 3, 5, 7 & 9); Serban Ghenea (Track 2); Jon Gass (Tracks 4 & 12); Dave Pensado (Tracks 6 & 10); Mick Guzauski (Tracks 8 & 11); David Reitzas (Track 13).
• Mix Assistants – Tim Roberts (Track 2); Ariel Chobaz (Track 10).
• Mastered by Joe Yannece
• A&R – Pete Ganbarg
• Production Coordinator – Rich Davis
• Art Department Production – Chris LeBeau
• Art Direction and Design – Alexis Yraola
• Photography – Andrew MacPherson
• Management – Dennis Turner

Studios

• Recorded at Chalice Recording Studios, Signet Sound Studios and Studio G (Los Angeles, CA); Henson Recording Studios, Blakeslee Studios and Paramount Recording Studios (Hollywood, CA); Hiatus Studios (New York, NY).
• Mixed at Sound Decision (New York, NY); Barking Doctor Recording (Mount Kisco, NY); MixStar Studios (Virginia Beach, VA); The Enterprise (Burbank, CA).
• Mastered at Trutrone Mastering Labs (New York, NY).

Bonus track listing No. 1

1. "The One and Only - featuring Lee-Hom Wang" (Lee-Hom Wang) - 4:20 (Bonus)
2. "Misty Moon - featuring Lim Hyung Joo" (Lim Hyung Joo/T. Matsumoto) - 4:32 (Bonus)
3. "I Need the Both of You - featuring Tata Young" (Du, Pas Sa/Kamo) - 4:34 (Bonus)
4. "Propose - featuring Tube" (Michiya Haruhata/Nobuteru Maeda) - 5:22 (Bonus)

Bonus track listing No. 2

1. "January - featuring Glenn Fredly" (Glenn Fredly) - 3:51 (Bonus)

Bonus track listing No. 3

1. "Right Here Waiting" (Richard Marx) - 4:22 (Bonus)

Singles

Information taken from this source.^[3]

Year	Title	Chart positions
		US AC
2005	"I Believe I Can Fly"	28
2005	"The Way You Move"	12
2005	"(Everything I Do) I Do It For You"	18

Others

In Indonesia, a collaboration with the Indonesian singer Glenn Fredly is included on the album. The song "Januari" (January) appears as track 14.

Notes and References

1. Charts & Awards
2. Web site: Kenny G ARIA peaks, received from ARIA in October 2024. ARIA. Imgur.com. November 2, 2024. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
3. Billboard Singles