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b'Although Sting is widely known for his solo career and for fronting The Police, his love for jazz has been a common thread throughout his career. His jazz sensibility became more prominent when he started his solo career with a band of young heavy-weights from the New York jazz scene of the time, Branford Marsalis, Kenny Kirkland, Darryl Johns and Omar Hakim. We continue our exploration of Sting\'s jazz projects and renditions of his jazz compositions by the likes of Lester Bowie, Pat Metheny, Esbj\\xf6rn Svensson, Michael Brecker, collaborations with producer Hal Willner and more.\\nHappy listening!\\nThe playlist also features Bob Belden; Christian McBride; Michela Lombardi; Nils Landgren, Lars Danielsson, Wolfgang Haffner; Eric Reed; Nobuyoshi Ino; Joe Henderson; Bill Frisell, David Sanborn, Fareed Haque, Don Alias, Hank Roberts; and Branford Marsalis.\\nDetailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/11767727/Mondo-Jazz (from Bob Belden\'s "The Dream of the Blue Turtles" on).'