George Duke - My Soul: The Complete MPS Fusion Recordings

Artist: George Duke
Title Of Album: My Soul: The Complete MPS Fusion Recordings
Year Of Release: May 6, 2008
Label: MPS/Universal Music Group
Genre: Jazz, Soul, Fusion
WebSite: www.georgeduke.com

From All About Jazz.com:
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Four CDs, six albums (seven if you split out Solus / The Inner Source) that represent the kind of artistic freedom to explore that was rare, even at a time when major labels were supporting fusion and progressive rock. That Duke was able to record this prolifically over such a relatively short period of time—the first session was in April, 1971, the final one January, 1976—while he remained busy as a sideman with Cannonball Adderley and Frank Zappa and as an increasingly in-demand session player, gave him the opportunity to evolve at the kind of pace that's difficult to match today. / read entire article here /

TRACKLIST
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CD1: Solus / The Inner Source
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1. Au-Right 3:26
2. Love Reborn 7:23
3. Peace 7:31
4. So There You Go 5:13
5. The Followers 5:15
6. Solus 9:02
7. Nigerian Numberuma 2:48
8. My Soul 4:40
9. The Inner Source 6:11
10. Life 5:45
11. Sometime Ago 5:08
12. Feels So Good 6:58
13. Manya 3:32

CD2: Solus / The Inner Source (con't)
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1. Sweet Bite 3:31
2. Twenty-Five 4:58
3. Always Constant 6:49
4. The Opening 3:20
5. Capricorn 5:09
6. Piano Solo No. 1 1:18
7. Piano Solo No. 2 1:08
8. Psychocomatic Dung 5:05
9. Faces In Reflection No. 1 3:42
10. Maria Tres Filhos 5:11
11. North Beach 6:20
12. Da Somba 6:19
13. Faces In Reflection No. 2 2:24
14. Funny Funk 5:20
15. Love 6:06
16. The Once Over 4:43

CD3: Feel (con't)
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1. Feel 5:40
2. Cora Jobege 2:49
3. Old Slippers 5:39
4. Theme From The Opera "Tzina" 2:01
5. Yana Aminah 4:33
6. Rashid 3:37
7. Statement 1:18
8. Chariot 3:01
9. Look Into Her Eyes 3:26
10. Sister Serene 4:34
11. That's What She Said 4:31
12. Mashavu 1:51
13. Rokkinrowl, I Don't Know 3:28
14. Prepare Yourself 5:29
15. Giant Child Within Us - Ego 6:39
16. Someday 2:41
17. I Love The Blues, She Heard My Cry 5:26

CD4: The Aura Will Prevail
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1. Dawn 4:58
2. For Love (I Come Your Friend) 4:40
3. Foosh 3:12
4. Floop De Loop 6:48
5. Malibu 4:08
6. Fools 4:37
7. Echidna's Arf 3:36
8. Uncle Remus 5:11
9. The Aura 1:26
10. Don't Be Shy 3:01
11. Seeing You 4:31
12. Back To Where We Never Left 6:28
13. What The... 0:32
14. Tryin' & Cryin' 5:48
15. I C'n Hear That 5:18
16. After The Love 2:33
17. Tzina Excerpts From Act 2 Scene 2) 2:31
18. Liberated Fantasies 9:22

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An amazing package of work from George Duke - 6 of his legendary fusion albums for MPS Records, including the never-reissued double-length set Solus / The Inner Source! That incredible album is worth the price of the package alone - as it begins with some sublime trio work from Duke, rooted in jazz but already stretching out in amazing ways - then moves into some even hipper Latin-styled grooves, with Jerome Richardson on reeds and Luis Gasca on a bit of trumpet! Other albums in the set are equally great - and trace Duke's evolution from straighter jazz into funky freer fusion and soul - an incredible musical shift that's presented on the albums Faces In Reflection, Feel, I Love The Blues She Heard My Cry, The Aura Will Prevail, and Liberated Fantasies - each of them classics in their own right, presented together wonderfully here in this complete MPS package! The set is amazing - with a whopping 64 titles in all, and complete notes on all the music - including some recollections from Duke himself.