Did someone order a McFonky? Here's an experimental remix of George Duke featuring some improvised jazz solos by yours truly!
George Duke was my introduction to contemporary jazz fusion music and is my main inspiration in piano/keyboard performances. The remix only came about because I found a recovered VHS video on RU-vid of a Masterclass he did in 1989. It was on that video, I found a treasure trove of piano samples and dialogue/vocal samples to play around with.
I hope this remix inspires you to take a listen to some of the underated, but insane catalog of fun and inventive music that George composed and released over the course of his adventurous life.
This remix is a labour of love, taking a very long time to make; with Logic Pro crashing every time I wanted to make a single change to the project! I guess it couldn't handle the funk!
Composed using samples from:
Dialogue, Vocals and Piano samples from George Duke’s Masterclass in Keyboard Improvisation (1989)
Dialogue from George Duke’s Interview with NPO Soul & Jazz (1999)
Dialogue and Vocals George Duke’s Interview with Native Instruments (2010)
Vocals and Vocal Effects from ‘Follow The Rainbow’ (1978)
Drums from ‘Brazilian Love Affair’ (1980)
Vocals from ‘Dream On’ (1982)
Composed also using Electric Basses, Fretless Electric Basses, Upright Bass, Electric Guitars, Jazz Guitar, Live Horns, Jazz Drums, Keytar and Emulations of Rhodes, Electric Organs and Moog Synthesisiers. Solos were performed on Rhodes emulations, Yamaha DX Reface Keytar and J&D Short Scale Jazz Guitar.
12 окт 2024
