Burt, Dionne & Kenny G

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Music
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 Dionne Warwick, Chaka Khan, Gladys Knight, Daryl Hall and LeAnn Rimes.