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Follow along with charismatic and dynamic saxophonist/bandleader Lakecia Benjamin, as she travels through the streets of Manhattan on the way to the release of Motema Music debut, Retox.

While shea€(TM)s made quite an impact with her impressive sax work on stage and on record, Benjamin opted to take a slightly different tack on RETOX, which will be released on June 12. On the CD, she allows her talents as a composer and producer to share the spotlight with her funky sax struts. In fact, several of the CDa€(TM)s 12 tracks don’t even feature sax. « This album is really a fruition of years of songwriting as much as it is a showcase for my sax playing and horn arrangements, » said Benjamin. On songs like « My Love » and « Share » shea€(TM)s chosen to let the vocals carry the song. « I was more concerned with doing justice to my compositions than putting a sax solo in every song…