Pearls, a composition by Sade Adu, has become a special album, because the majority of it contains versions of standards. Examples include: Willow Weep For Me, Smoke Gets In Your Eyes and Come Rain Or Come Shine. These standards feature orchestration and arrangements by Johnny Mandel. Important musicians on Pearls are: Christian McBride (bass), Steve Gadd (drums), Don Grolnick (keyboards), Kenny
… Barron (piano) and Don Alias (percussion). Guest vocalists are Jimmy Scott on For All We Know and Oleta Adams on Nobody Does It Better.more
