180g High Quality Vinyl!
The fusion movement has a lot in common with a tropical storm: it rages fiercely in its early phases but becomes less wild later on, yet still blows a gale. In the eye of the storm that tore its path through the various musical styles and genres as from 1960 is George Duke, who entered into creative and stormy partnerships with such artists as Frank Zappa, Miles Davis and Jean-Luc Ponty. The rainbow colors with which Duke chose to tint this album are taken less from the paintpots of fusion jazz and rock, and rather more from the black, natural colors of rhythm and blues. Next to a relaxed love groove ("Say That You Will") we find a polyphonic vocal number with solos ("Sunrise"), which conjures up the nostalgic atmosphere of Motown, now on the decline. Then there is snappy funk in all manner of variations, such as "Party Down", which swings trendily along but then comes over unfiltered and dry as a bone.
In "Follow The Rainbow", genial musicianship, expert arrangements and a special feeling for resonance amalgamate to create a tightly-knit sound which is ever fresh and easy-going.
Features:
180g High Quality Vinyl
High Quality Pressing
Pure Analogue Audiophile Mastering
Musicians:
George Duke, vocals, keyboards
Larry Williams, tenor saxophone, flute
Eric Culver, trombone
Charles Icarus Johnson, guitar
Byron Miller, bass
Ricky Lawson, drums
Leon 'Ndugu' Chandler, drums
Sheila Escovedo, percussion, vocals
Napoleon Murphy Brock, vocals
Selections:
Side 1:
1. Party Down
2. Say That You Will
3. Funkin' For the Thrill
4. Sunrise
5. Festival
Side 2:
1. I Am For Real (May the Funk Be With You)
2. Straight From the Heart
3. Corine
4. Pluck
5. Follow the Rainbow
Recording: 1979 at Westlake Recording, Los Angeles, by Kerry McNabb and Electric Lady Studios, New York, by Dave Palmer
The fusion movement has a lot in common with a tropical storm: it rages fiercely in its early phases but becomes less wild later on, yet still blows a gale. In the eye of the storm that tore its path through the various musical styles and genres as from 1960 is George Duke, who entered into creative and stormy partnerships with such artists as Frank Zappa, Miles Davis and Jean-Luc Ponty. The rainbow colors with which Duke chose to tint this album are taken less from the paintpots of fusion jazz and rock, and rather more from the black, natural colors of rhythm and blues. Next to a relaxed love groove ("Say That You Will") we find a polyphonic vocal number with solos ("Sunrise"), which conjures up the nostalgic atmosphere of Motown, now on the decline. Then there is snappy funk in all manner of variations, such as "Party Down", which swings trendily along but then comes over unfiltered and dry as a bone.
In "Follow The Rainbow", genial musicianship, expert arrangements and a special feeling for resonance amalgamate to create a tightly-knit sound which is ever fresh and easy-going.
Features:
180g High Quality Vinyl
High Quality Pressing
Pure Analogue Audiophile Mastering
Musicians:
George Duke, vocals, keyboards
Larry Williams, tenor saxophone, flute
Eric Culver, trombone
Charles Icarus Johnson, guitar
Byron Miller, bass
Ricky Lawson, drums
Leon 'Ndugu' Chandler, drums
Sheila Escovedo, percussion, vocals
Napoleon Murphy Brock, vocals
Selections:
Side 1:
1. Party Down
2. Say That You Will
3. Funkin' For the Thrill
4. Sunrise
5. Festival
Side 2:
1. I Am For Real (May the Funk Be With You)
2. Straight From the Heart
3. Corine
4. Pluck
5. Follow the Rainbow
Recording: 1979 at Westlake Recording, Los Angeles, by Kerry McNabb and Electric Lady Studios, New York, by Dave Palmer
