Darren Rahn Speechless

Audio Mixer: Darren Rahn.Recording information: Antrax Studio, Vancouver, WA; Harasim Soundesign, Detroit, MI; The Chase Lounge, Phoenix, AZ; The Frack Shack, Oshkosh, WI; The Grid Studios, Victorville, CA; The Litterbox, Denver, CO; Toneworld Studios, Orland, FL.Photographer: Todd Nakashima.As of this release, his fourth solo album since 2005, saxophonist Darren Rahn had unfortunately not yet leaped onto the rarefied A list in the contemporary urban/smooth jazz world -- the top sellers who get all the top festival and tour bookings. But he had of late done a lot of touring with guitarist Paul Brown, another genre powerhouse producer of others who slowly amassed a solid solo catalog. Appropriately, they often tagged themselves as "The Producers." Considering its infectious swirl of old-school, hooky funk-driven jams (? la "Revelation," "Into the Light," and "Studio 54," a delightfully disco-fied romp duetting with with Najee's flute) and candlelit slo-jams like "Give 'n' Take" (featuri