O movimento fusão tem muito em comum com uma tempestade tropical: começa ferozmente na fase inicial para mais tarde se tornar menos selvagem, mas ainda é capaz de abanar a casa. No olho da tempestade que arrasou o seu caminho entre vários estilos musicais desde 1960 está George Duke, estabelecendo parcerias criativas e tempestuosas com artistas como Frank Zappa, Miles Davis e Jean-Luc Ponty. 

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The fusion movement has a lot in common with a tropical storm: it rages fiercely in its early phases but becomes less wild later on, yet still blows a gale. In the eye of the storm that tore its path through the various musical styles and genres as from 1960 is George Duke, who entered into creative and stormy partnerships with such artists as Frank Zappa, Miles Davis and Jean-Luc Ponty.

The rainbow colors with which Duke chose to tint this album are taken less from the paintpots of fusion jazz and rock, and rather more from the black, natural colors of rhythm & blues. Next to a relaxed love groove ("Say That You Will") we find a polyphonic vocal number with solos ("Sunrise"), which conjures up the nostalgic atmosphere of Motown, then on the decline.

Then there is snappy funk in all manner of variations, such as "Party Down," which swings trendily along but then comes over unfiltered and dry as a bone. In "Follow The Rainbow," genial musicianship, expert arrangements and a special feeling for resonance amalgamate to create a tightly-knit sound which is ever fresh and easy-going.

Músicos:

George Duke (voz, teclados)
Larry Williams (saxofone tenor, flauta)
Eric Culver (trombone)
Charles Icarus Johnson (guitarra)
Byron Miller (baixo)
Ricky Lawson / Leon 'Ndugu' Chandler (bateria)
Sheila Escovedo (percussão, voz)
Napoleon Murphy Brock (voz)

Lista de Faixas:

01. Party Down
02. Say That You Will
03. Funkin' For The Thrill
04. Sunrise 
05. Festival 
06. I Am For Real (May The Funk Be With You) 
07. Straight From The Heart
08. Corine
09. Pluck 
10. Follow The Rainbow

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