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Genre:
Jazz
Release Date: 04/28/2009
This ten-song set features, as its title states, only number one hits -- but
not from the
Billboard chart. These tracks all placed that spot on the
Radio & Records Smooth Jazz chart. It hardly matters, though, since a slew of stars play their own hits.
Norman Brown's
"Let's Take a Ride" is here, as are
Boney James'
"The Total Experience" and
George Benson's very breezy
"Mornin'." The vibe is light and consistent -- in other words, there are no overactive funkers to upset the balance. One does wish the producers -- who used some imagination by including
Eric Marienthal's
"Blue Water," for instance -- would have stayed away from the obvious and utterly boring
"Sax-O-Loco" by
Kenny G. There were other number ones -- plenty of them in fact -- to choose from. But then, that's what the remote is for. The rest is beautifully put together, so just hit "skip" when it comes to this throwaway cut.
~Thom Jurek, All Music Guide
;)
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