Illusions

George Duke | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 24, 1995)
• Original Release Date: January 24, 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Warner Bros / Wea
• ASIN: B000002MUI
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #175,917 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Possibly the most representative Album of George Duke, November 13, 2000

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[e-mail] (London) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Illusions (Audio CD)

The 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.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tim the Bassist' review, April 1, 2007

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Time Morris - See all my reviews

This review is from: Illusions (Audio CD)

George 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.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Textured Modern Grooves, September 29, 2003

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Andre' S Grindle "Funk Meister" (Bangor,ME.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Illusions (Audio CD)

If 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!