''The Moment'' is the eighth studio album by American

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. It was released by

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, and reached number 1 on the ''

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'' Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart, number 2 on the ''Billboard'' 200, number 9 on the

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chart and number 16 on the

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. Charts & Awardsat

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The second single taken from this album, "

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", was remixed and released to dance clubs in the

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, and these remixes went to number 1 on the

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chart in 1997, earning Kenny G his first number 1 on this chart. The remixes were by

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and

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Track listing

# " The Moment" (Kenny G) – 6:02 # "Passages" (Kenny G) – 5:57 # "

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" (Kenny G/Walter Afanasieff) – 7:22 # "Always" (Kenny G) – 5:35 # "That Somebody Was You" (with

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) (Kenny G/Babyface/Walter Afanasieff) – 5:02 # "The Champion's Theme" (Kenny G/Walter Afanasieff) – 4:21 # "Eastside Jam" (Kenny G) – 5:09 # "Moonlight" (Kenny G/Walter Afanasieff) – 5:59 # "Gettin' On The Step" (Kenny G/Walter Afanasieff) – 4:17 # "

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" (with

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) (Babyface) – 4:58 # "Northern Lights" (Kenny G/Walter Afanasieff) – 5:01 # "Innocence" (Kenny G/Walter Afanasieff) – 3:58

Personnel

* Kenny G – all other instruments (1, 2, 4, 7), soprano saxophone (1-7, 9, 10, 12), alto saxophone (8), tenor saxophone (11), bass (11), drums (11) *

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– keyboards (3, 5, 6, 8, 11), all other instruments (5, 6, 8), acoustic piano (9), bass (9, 11), drums (9, 11), guitars (12) * Dan Shea – keyboards (5), drum programming (5), rhythm programming (5) *

– backing vocals (5, 10), lead vocals (10), keyboards (10), drum programming (10) *

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– acoustic piano (10) * Michael Thompson – guitars (1-11) *

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– bass (10) * Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1-9, 11) *

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– percussion (10) * William Ross – string arrangements (1, 3, 6, 8, 12) * Chris Bordman – string arrangements (2, 11) *

– lead and backing vocals (5) * Marc Nelson – backing vocals (5) * DeDe O'Neal – backing vocals (5)

Production

* Producers – Kenny G; Walter Afanasieff (tracks 3, 5, 6, 8 & 11); Babyface (tracks 5 & 10). * Engineers – Steve Shepherd (tracks 1-4, 6, 7, 9, 11 & 12); Dana Jon Chappelle (tracks 5 & 8); Brad Gilderman (track 10). * Additional Engineering – Dana Jon Chappelle (tracks 3 & 12); Steve Shepherd (track 8). * Strings recorded by Johnny Richards (tracks 2, 4 & 11);

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(tracks 3 & 12); Dana Jon Chappelle (track 8). * Vocals on track 5 engineered by Brad Gilderman * Mixed by

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* Art Direction and Design – Angelo Skouras * Photography –

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* Management – Dennis Turner

Singles

Certifications and Sales

References

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