When Sting embarked on his solo career, he didnt throw his tenure with the Police out the window; on this live double album from his Dream of the Blue Turtles tour, he reworks some odd selections from his old bands catalog in the expansive, jazz-inflected style of his new crew (which included saxophonist Branford Marsalis). These performances emphasize showmanship (solos, backup singers, and all) and theyve got lots of crowd-pleasing moments, like the overwhelming swell of I Burn for You and a Caribbean clap-along on a medley of One World and Love Is the Seventh Wave. But Stings raw-steak voice has been affected by his band, too, and his phrasing on the quieter torch songs draws cleverly on jazz traditions.
