George Duke - Faces In Reflection - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

By the time Snapshot was released in 1992, George Duke's career had survived myriad changes in the development of pop and funk, but even at age 46 he was spry and inventive enough to keep his finger on the pulse of what was new. Timeless slow jams like InchNo Rhyme, No Reason,Inch InchThe Morning After,Inch and InchSpeak LowInch kept Duke relevant, while InchHistory (I Remember)Inch and InchGenevaInch confirmed that his jazz-funk chops remained as flawless in 1992 as they'd been in 1976.

The coolest of R&B jazz kings returns to his signature smooth funk with guests including Chante Moore, Anointed, Flora Purim, Perri and more. Tracks InchNever Be Another,Inch InchMarin City,Inch InchShe's AmazingInch and more.

2022 collection. The Best Of The MPS Years presents you all the classics and highlights of George Duke's time at the Black Forest tag on one album. A curious happenstance in 1966 triggered the partnership between MPS head Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer and George Duke. Brunner-Schwer was in San Francisco to record the Art van Damme Quintet. After finishing the recording session one evening, he and his team strolled over to a club called the Jazz Workshop. Les McCann was supposed to be playing, but this particular day was his day off. Instead, a 20 year old pianist, still involved in his studies, was performing with his quartet. The music's freshness so enthralled the German that he set up a recording session on the spot. This encounter between George Duke and Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer in sunny California was both accidental and noteworthy. It turned out to be the jazzy prologue to future events five years later the American began his fusion-infused sessions for the man from Germany's Black Forest. The six albums of this series still count as a fascinating and essential part of George Duke's life's-work and canon of the genre.