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Amazon.com The New Orleans-born Michael "Patches" Stewart has been a session man supreme. He played on the 1975 LaBelle classic, "Lady Marmalade," and he's worked with everybody, from Quincy Jones to Al Jarreau. On his new CD, Stewart turns over the producer chair to his long-time partner, bassist/multinstrumentalist , who produced some of Miles Daviss last recordings. Trumpetwise, Stewart is closer to than to Clifford Brown, so he's at home in the smooth jazz category. Another Miles alumnus, alto saxophonist delivers some laser licks on the bouncy title tune, with beats by . Vocalist drops his beautiful baritone on the quiet storm cut, "Don't You Know," and rapper displays her verbal skills on "Cruisin'." Stewart successfully upgrades the Wes Montgomery hit "Road Song," Stevie Wonder's "Overjoyed," and Herbie Hancock's "[Tell Me a] Bedtime Story" for the IPOD generation. --Eugene Holley, Jr.