George Duke – DreamWeaver

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George Duke – DreamWeaver
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Artist……………: George Duke
Album…………….: DreamWeaver
Genre…………….: Jazz
Source……………: CD
Year……………..: 2013
Ripper……………: Exact Audio Copy (Secure mode) &
Codec…………….: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
Version…………..: reference libFLAC 1.2.1 20070917
Quality…………..: Lossless, (avg. compression: 57 %)
Channels………….: Stereo / 44100 HZ / 16 Bit
Tags……………..: VorbisComment
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Ripped by…………: top leecher on 7/26/2013
Posted by…………: AJ Productions on 7/29/2013
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Included………….: NFO, M3U
Covers……………: Front

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Tracklisting
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1. George Duke – DreamWeaver [01:27]
2. George Duke – Stones Of Orion [06:26]
3. George Duke – Trippin’ [04:21]
4. George Duke – AshTray [03:59]
5. George Duke – Missing You [05:43]
6. George Duke – Transition 1 / Change The World [06:08]
7. George Duke – Jazzmatazz [04:44]
8. George Duke – Round The Way Girl [04:10]
9. George Duke – Transition 2 / Brown Sneakers [06:23]
10. George Duke – You Never Know [04:02]
11. George Duke – Ball & Chain [05:58]
12. George Duke – Burnt Sausage Jam [15:30]
13. George Duke – Happy Trails [05:01]

Playing Time………: 01:13:58
Total Size………..: 421.88 MB

NFO generated on…..: 7/29/2013 7:34:48 PM

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by Howard Dukes soultracks.com

George Duke suffered the kind of loss that stops people in their tracks.
Duke’s wife Corine passed away in 2012. Sure enough, the loss caused
Duke to stop doing what he does best – write produce and record
music. But the hiatus didn’t last long. Duke regained his creative flow
while on a cruise. Still, the death of his wife influenced some of the
output on Duke’s latest record, Dreamweaver.

For example, “Round the Way Girl” takes on a new meaning in the
aftermath of the passing of Duke’s wife. The track begins with a
chance encounter between Duke and a young lady. They exchange
pleasantries and Duke compliments the woman on her looks and asks
her not to be a stranger. She reminds him that he has her number.
Duke realizes that life goes on, and that dating is a part of his new life.
Still, he doesn’t seem comfortable with the prospect, and the cut has
the sound of a man moving in a place where he does not want to go.

Contrast “Round the Way Girl” with the version of the cowboy ballad
“Happy Trails” that was made famous by Roy Rogers and Dale Evans.
The song’s inclusion on a jazz/funk record sounds odd if not put in
historical and contemporary context. Duke probably grew up watching
Rogers and Evans television variety show and the movie westerns, so
he’s familiar with the tune. The song’s lyrics combine with Duke’s
soulful arrangement, endowing the tune with added poignancy in light
of the losses that Duke sustained: “Happy trails to you/until we meet
again/keep smilin’ until then/who cares about the clouds when we’re
together/Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather/happy trails to
until we meet again.” Duke ends the song with a free flowing verbal riff
where he bids his wife adieu and wishes her happy trails. It’s one of
those moments where the emotion on record is not manufactured.

Dreamweaver is successful because Duke largely remains true to
himself even as he takes the listener on a tour all of the musical styles
that he mastered during his long career in music. Dreamweaver
features the straight ahead acoustic jazz of “Storms of Orion,” and
the fusion of neo-soul and jazz on the biographical “Trippin.” The
album features one of the last recordings that Teena Marie made
before she passed in 2010. That tune is titled “Ball and Chain,” and
the listener will be left to wonder if Marie is singing about commitment
or co-dependency. Her passionate vocal delivery makes a compelling
case for either or both.

With the exception of that touching allusion at the end of “Happy
Trails,” Duke doesn’t mention his late wife. We don’t get hit over the
head with the artist’s despair. However, Corine Duke is a constant
presence and the driving force behind several tracks on Dreamweaver.
“Missing You” is a piano driven ballad with an arrangement that might
remind some of the 1992 hit “No Rhyme, No Reason.” The track
could have be written prior to his wife’s death as Duke talks about
sending an e-mail to a special someone in the wee hours of the
morning. Yet, the tune’s lyrics remind the listener to find time to tell
those we love how we feel.

“You Never Know” is a cut where the artist dispenses lessons that only
come through experience. The lyrics mark “You Never Know” as the
song on the album that seems crafted as the fog of grief began to
subside and Duke pondered what he could learn from this tragic event:
“Cherish the good times/reflect on the bad/thought these things can
make you oh so sad/There’s an old saying/no pain/no gain/I guess
that is the name of the game/Embrace the cold/Go through the
rain/Accept the things we cannot change/In the end we all must learn
and grow/Life’s a test.”

George Duke entered the music business in the late 1960s as a
modern jazz musician. He played experimental rock with Frank Zappa
and soulful jazz with Cannonball Adderly. Duke did jazz fusion in the
1970s before becoming a funk master. He produced some of the
most memorable R&B songs of the 1980s. There have been two
constants in Duke’s life during most of that time – the influence of jazz
and the presence of his wife. Dreamweaver is an eloquent tribute to
both. Recommended.
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