Kenny G doubles up on new album

When saxophone player Kenny G started planning a new CD, he decided to get a little help from an old friend: his label chief, Clive Davis.

"He said to me, 'You can't just keep giving people what they expect of you,' " G (for Gorelick) says. "He said, 'You have to come up with different things.' "

So Gorelick recorded a collection of duets. At Last ... The Duets Album, due Nov. 23, was at first conceived as an all-instrumental album. "But then Clive said, 'We should try to just come up with the best songs and the best artists.' "

At Last does include a few instrumental numbers, among them the title track, with Arturo Sandoval on trumpet, and Alfie, with composer Burt Bacharach on piano. But Gorelick is also joined by such celebrated singers as Chaka Khan, Gladys Knight, Daryl Hall and LeAnn Rimes.

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