![]() He doesn’t touch much on his Zappa influence, or bring a funk rave a-la “Dukey Stick” to the mix. It’s misleading.ĭreamweaver is more of a celebration of all styles that George Duke has mastered over his half-century career, with a couple of exceptions. My expectations after reading the press release were rife with daydreams of music derived from deep, emotional pain and inner conflict, which usually leads to profound expression and the making of some heady, pervasive sounds in the process (more on that later)… and there lies the problem I have with the pitch. I delved in head first, voraciously absorbing the written information, pre-processing the meat of the review whilst delicately arranging my potatoes. I had to read more about this “devastating pain” immediately. ![]() With that said, it should be noted that I, indeed, fell for it. This is George Duke we’re talking about here, not Brandi Glanville. And leading the tale of the tape with said tabloid fodder? All I can say is wow. It’s as if the promotional team behind the press release were trying to wring every single ounce of sensationalism out of Duke’s extenuating circumstances while assembling this record, fishing for a headline. This was the headline of the press statement that accompanied the disc for review. “Out of devastating pain comes Dreamweaver from keyboardist/composer/arranger/producer George Duke.” ![]() ![]() Before I can get to the task of reviewing the latest effort from George Duke, there’s something bothering me about how this album was introduced:
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