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1 |
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発売日 |
2013年07月12日 |
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規格品番 |
HUI34170 |
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SKU |
888072341708 |
構成数 | 1枚
合計収録時間 | 01:14:03
Audio Mixer: Erik Zobler. Recording information: Le Gonks West, Los Angeles, CA. Photographers: Toshi Sakurai; Paxton Baker; Andrew Papastephanou; Yoti Telio. Arranger: George Duke. DreamWeaver marks George Duke's return to recording after a three-year silence, and his first since the death of his wife Corine in 2012. While he is always diverse, this set is uncommonly so. The opener, a slippery, atmospheric title intro, flows directly into the Latin-tinged "Stones of Orion," a jazz tune with Duke on piano, Rhodes, and synths, Stanley Clarke on upright bass, and a four-piece horn section. It's shimmering groove-oriented jazz that reflects the time that Duke spent with Cannonball Adderley. "Trippin'" is a funky, jazzed-up R&B tune where he offers his autobiography; it features some fine muted trumpet work by Michael Patches Stewart. "Missing You" is a jazz ballad tribute to Corine, with the finest vocal Duke has laid down in a decade. But there's funk here, too, in the fat stomper "Ashtray." Another highlight is the leisurely, wonderfully sophisticated, 15-plus-minute "Burnt Sausage Jam," which features Duke on a wide array of keys, Christian McBride on bass, the late, great, and certainly under-celebrated Jef Lee Johnson on guitar, and John Roberts on drums and horns. "Change the World," with a slew of vocalists including Lalah Hathaway, Jeffrey Osborne, and BeBe Winans, is obviously inspired by Michael Jackson's "We Are the World," but is far less anthemic, as it weaves modern gospel, adult contemporary R&B, and reggae into a seamless whole. The biggest surprise here is the inclusion of the sultry, bluesy, nocturnal jazz ballad "Ball & Chain," with the late Teena Marie. It was cut for her Congo Square album, but was shelved because she wanted to use it on a planned collaborative jazz album with Duke. Sparsely adorned with his drum and synth programming, Stewart on trumpet, and Kamasi Washington on tenor saxophone, it's a killer performance from Marie. The closing reading of the Dale Evans' standard "Happy Trails" is rearranged as a soulful, sexy, gospelized jazz tune celebrating the lives of those who added so much to Duke's. While it's true that DreamWeaver's creation was inspired by the desire to move on from so many losses -- Corine, Johnson, Marie -- it is not remotely a sad record. If anything, with its smooth, warm, grooves, it celebrates life in the present. ~ Thom Jurek
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1.[CD]
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1.Dreamweaver
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2.Stones of Orion
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3.Trippin'
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4.Ashtray
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5.Missing You
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6.Transition, Pt. 1
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7.Change the World - (featuring Jeffrey Osborne/Lalah Hathaway/Lori Perry/Kennedy Fuselier/Dira Sugandi/Terry Dexter/BeBe Winans)
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8.Jazzmatazz
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9.Round the Way Girl
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10.Transition, Pt. 2
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11.Brown Sneakers
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12.You Never Know
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13.Ball & Chain
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14.Burnt Sausage Jam
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15.Happy Trails
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ジャズとR&Bを跨ぐ大御所鍵盤奏者が3年ぶりの新作を発表……と思いきや、これが生前最期の作品に。亡き夫人に捧げたラッシェル・フェレルとの"Missing You"をはじめ、静謐なバラードから得意のアーバン・ファンクまで、温かな歌声も含めたマルチな才能は近年屈指の冴えぶりだ。故ティーナ・マリーが歌うブルージー・ソウルやデューク所縁の面々が歌い繋いでいく壮大なメッセージ曲など、充実の一枚。
bounce (C)林剛タワーレコード (vol.358(2013年8月25日発行号)掲載)
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ジョージ・デュークがもうこの世にいないなんて。本作は遺作となってしまったが、ジョージらしい、ジャズ、R&B、コンテンポラリー等バラエティ豊かな音楽センスが随所に光る新作。スタンリー・クラーク、レイラ・ハサウェイ、ティーナ・マリーら豪華ゲストもフィーチャー。もちろんジョージのピアノ、エレピ、シンセ、ミニ・ムーグもたっぷり、15分超えのジャムも。これまで素晴らしい音楽をくれたことに感謝。
intoxicate (C)馬場雅之タワーレコード (vol.105(2013年8月20日発行号)掲載)
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