In This Life

1. In This Life

2. 'Til I Get It Right

3. Drowning in the Sea of Love

4. Peaceful Hideaway

5. I Wouldn't Be a Man

6. Living for the City

7. My Father's Hope

8. When the Night Rolls In

9. I Turn to You

10. Reck'n So

11. Way I Need You Now

12. Reprise: Cans Cette Vie (In This Life)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Tenor saxophonist Kirk Whalum really isn't a jazz musician. He's a pop instrumentalist and a good one, much in the style of David Sanborn. Whether leading his own instrumental sessions or playing behind such singers as Whitney Houston, Luther Vandross, and Barbra Streisand, Whalum has a sure instinct for melody and a sense of dramatic restraint unknown to a sentimentalist such as Kenny G. On "In This Life," Whalum allows vocals to dominate (eight of 12 tracks) as he pays tribute to his native state of Tennessee and its special blend of Memphis soul and Nashville country. The result is an excellent justification for the much maligned genres of "quiet storm" and "adult contemporary" music. --Geoffrey Himes

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