Michael Lington - Stay With Me (2004)
Release 2004 | FLAC | Lossless (tracks +.cue +.log) | 10 | 40:36 min | 280 MB
Genre: Jazz / Smooth Jazz | Label: Rendezvous

Tracklist:
01. Show Me [03:37]
02. Don't Go (featuring Wendy Moten) [03:53]
03. A New Day [03:50]
04. Apasionada (featuring Michael Sembello) [04:33]
05. Pacifica [04:16]
06. Two Of A Kind (featuring Chuck Loeb) [03:56]
07. Call Me Late Tonight (featuring Paul Brown) [04:10]
08. Hey You (featuring Paul Jackson, Jr.) [04:51]
09. Stay With Me [03:28]
10. My Love [03:57]
Personnel:
Mihael Lington - alto and tenor saxes
Brian Culbertson - keyboards and drum programming
Steve Ferrone - drums
Michael Thompson - acoustic and electric guitars
Niel Stubenhaus - bass
Paul Brown - drums,guitars and programming
Roberto Vally - keyboards and bass
Wendy Moten - vocals
Stephen Lu - keyboards
Rafael Padilla - percussion
Michael Sembello - additional keyboars and vocal
Lee Thornburg - Flugel solo
Michael Colina - drum programming,keyboards and bass
Chuck Loeb - guitar
Paul Jackson,Jr. - guitar
Alex Al - bass
Dave Koz - background saxes
Phillip Ingram - vocals
Jeff Carruthers - drum programming and keyboards
Arno Lucas - percussion
Nick Lane - trombone
Karma - vocal
Executive Producers : Dave Koz,Frank Cody and Hyman Katz
Altoist Michael Lington, who is strongly influenced by David Sanborn, performs quite earnestly on this CD, putting honest feeling into the melodies and creating lightly grooving, mildly funky background music. His smooth sound is pleasing, but there is little beyond that to recommend this disc or to distinguish it from dozens of similar sets (perhaps if Lington actually chose to wander away from one of the melodies, or if he had hired a rhythm section that displayed some personality...). It is no coincidence that all of the selections clock in between three and a half and four and a half minutes, for radio airplay is the main goal of this release rather than self-expression or the need to create something new. Fans of Sanborn's sound who desire to hear a lighter variation will enjoy this set. ~ Scott Yanow