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" and the loss of "Thousand Miles

since the music is so evocative and because Drake's basic persona is still appealing

there's the strutting "Formation

and singers like Marvin Gaye and Diana Ross

and a Blur reunion -- and reconnects with the collaborative instincts that drove the band's first two albums

RENDEZVOUS IN RIO 10/28/2003 " and the loss ofPersonnel: Michael Franks (vocals); Robbie Dupree (vocals, background vocals); Carmen Cuesta Loeb, Larry Hoppen, Pamela Driggs (vocals); Chuck Loeb (guitar, piano, keyboards, programming); Dwight Sills, Marc Shulman, Mike DeMicco, Romero Lubambo (guitar); Gary Meek (flute, saxophone, tenor saxophone); Chris Hunter (flute, saxophone); Andy Suzuki (woodwinds); Roger Burn (piano, keyboards, vibraphone); Jeff Lorber (keyboards, programming, drum