Dayton Daily News CD Review BY RAY MARCANO 09/25/2003 Bernie Williams, New York Yankee centerfielder, has a sweet swing. Smooth. Fluid. Graceful. His debut album, The Journey Within, has many of the same qualities. The blend of jazz, blues and salsa -- music of his native Puerto Rico -- results in creative compositions that probably fit best in the smooth-jazz corner. But the complexity of some of the pieces means the record is really much more. Williams, a classically trained guitarist, wrote most of the 14 songs. He plays his guitar so sweetly in Para Don Berna that it's easy to imagine someone singing the melody. And he shows his versatility with the funky and hip-moving, Standing on the Bridge. He includes a couple of covers with And So It Goes and Dust in the Wind. They're nice but distract from his style and originality, which he brings home with the record's final cut. On The Williams Kids, his children sing to one of his pieces. They sing off key, but it's awfully cute. Many athletes wonder what they'll do when they're done playing. Williams will simply play on a different field. ActiveDayton.com