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Free Music Notes for IllusionsFree Music Review: Tim the Bassist' review Hit: 5 StarsGeorge Duke is unbelievable on keyboard. For those who like smooth r+b lyrical content with hot funky jazz music for support, this is good easy listening music.
Free Music Review: One Of His Best!!! Hit: 4 StarsGeorge Duke is a very underrated musician...Yet, he can do it all!!! He gets very little airplay anymore and is virtually unknown except to those who can appreciate this type of music. My favorite cuts on this CD are C'est La Vie, Life And Times, and Illusions. This CD stands out as one of his best!!!
Free Music Review: Textured Modern Grooves Hit: 5 StarsIf theres one little problem with "Illusions" it's that it tried way too hard to blend contemporary,plastic drum machines with Duke's everpresent moogs and electric piano grooves but that's only a minor complaint-Duke is in pretty fine form on "500 Miles To Go",the tital track,"Life And Times" and the unusally topical "Buffalo Soldiers",featuring the narration in fine jazz-rap style.The beats tend to have the influence of contemporary jazz and R&B artists like Rachell Farrell (who is on this album),Diane Reeves (ALSO here) and even a little TLC (not here) but considering all these acts have a funky foundation AND all the musical underpinnings provided by Duke are in full effect "Illusions" comes closest to fully recapturing George Duke's late 70's funk-styled music then anything to date.Worth putting time into!
Free Music Review: Possibly the most representative Album of George Duke Hit: 5 StarsThe man is a complete musician : good songwriter, arranger, producer and...performer. Wether he hoes on the Grand piano or through his massive samples library, Duke has fully integrated sixty years of Jazz music into one album. Some of the songs are pure jazz rock, instrumental beauties(specially "No greater love" with Dennis Chambers on drums), some others are funk grooves with vocals, but lean towards nicely harmonised melody lines (check "411" and "money"). If you like Quincy Jones's "Back on the block", then you'll love this CD.
Free Music Review: exceptionally cool Hit: 5 Starsgeorge duke would have to be one of the foremost innovators of cool emotional music that touches the soul.
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