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George Duke
Born on 12.01.1946 in San Rafael, CA, U.S.A. Died on 5th of August, 2013.
Cousin of Dianne Reeves
He has a long, extensive solo discography as well as collaborations with Jean-Luc Ponty, Frank Zappa, Stanley Clarke, Billy Cobham, Cannonball Adderley, Deniece Williams, Jeffrey Osborne, George Clinton, Anita Baker, Regina Belle, Rachelle Ferrell, Marilyn Scott etc.
George Duke - The Aura Will Prevail
Label: MPS Records - 5D 064D-99394, Delta - 5D 064D-99394
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Country: Netherlands
Released: 1977
Genre: Jazz, Funk / Soul
Style: Fusion, Jazz-Funk, Soul, Funk, Latin Jazz
Tracklist
A1Dawn
A2For Love (I Come Your Friend)
A3Foosh
A4Floop De Loop
B1Malibu
B2Fools
B3Echidna's Arf
B4Uncle Remus
B5The Aura
Credits
Drums, Congas - Leon Ndugu Chancler
Percussion - Airto Moreira
Electric Bass - Alphonso 'Slim' Johnson (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B2, B4, B5)
Electric Piano [Rhodes, Wurlitzer], Clavinet [Hohner], Synthesizer [Arp Odyssey, Mini Moog, Arp String Ensemble, Mutron Phaser, Mutron Dual Phaser], Pedalboard, Vocals - George Duke
Vocals – Gee Janzen (tracks: B1), Kathy Woehrle (tracks: B1), Sylvia St. James (tracks: B1)
#GeorgeDuke #TheAuraWillPrevail #MPSRecords #Vinylrecords #instavinyl #instrecords #vinylrecordcollection #LP #reissue
#1977 #JazzFunk #jazzfusion #Funk #latinjazz #LeonNduguChancler #AirtoMoreira #AlphonsoJohnson #ElectricPiano #Rhodes #Wurlitzer #ArpOdyssey #MiniMoog #ArpStringEnsemble #MutronPhaser
World-class drummer, producer, composer, clinician, professor and three-time Grammy Award nominee Leon "Ndugu" Chancler performs a non-stop 45 minute set at Long & McQuade Musical Instruments in Markham, Canada.
Leon uses only 3 cymbals. Here he slices into one of them.
Markham, Canada ~ October 27, 2009.
World-class drummer, producer, composer, clinician, professor and three-time Grammy Award nominee Leon "Ndugu" Chancler teaching drum rudiments to a 13 year old aspiring drummer at Long & McQuade Musical Instruments in Markham, Canada. I believe his name is "Takar".
Leon has performed with Miles Davis, Frank Sinatra, Herbie Hancock, George Duke, George Benson, Donna Summer, Eric Clapton, Kenny Rogers, Carlos Santana, Tina Turner, The Temptations, Michael Jackson and many more.
His drumbeat can be heard on Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" on the best selling pop album of all time, "Thriller". www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwpjKwQrXHk
Leon has survived prostate cancer in 2003 and was sidelined for 6 months.
Truly THE most inspiring drummer I have ever met!
Markham, Canada ~ October 27, 2009.
World-class drummer, producer, composer, clinician, professor and three-time Grammy Award nominee Leon "Ndugu" Chancler kicks off a non-stop 45 minute set at Long & McQuade Musical Instruments in Markham, Canada.
Leon has performed with Miles Davis, Frank Sinatra, Herbie Hancock, George Duke, George Benson, Donna Summer, Eric Clapton, Kenny Rogers, Carlos Santana, Tina Turner, The Temptations, Michael Jackson and many more.
His drumbeat can be heard on Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" on the best selling pop album of all time, "Thriller". www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwpjKwQrXHk
He has survived prostate cancer in 2003 and was sidelined for 6 months.
Truly THE most inspiring drummer I have ever met!
Markham, Canada ~ October 27, 2009.
Hancock is one of the best known modern jazz composers, creator of “Watermelon Man” (which has been a reference point throughout his career), “Maiden Voyage”, “Dolphin Dance”, right through to the dance grooves of “Rockit”. Hancock also has the distinction of having made the largest-selling jazz record of all time in “Head Hunters”.
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Herbie Hancock – Sunlight
Label: #CBSRecords – CBS 82240, CBS – S CBS 82240
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: UK
Released: #1978
Genre: Electronic, Jazz, Funk / Soul
Style: #Fusion, #JazzFunk, Disco
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Tracklist
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A1 I Thought It Was You
A2 Come Running To Me
B1 Sunlight
B2 No Means Yes
B3 Good Question
Credits
Synthesizer [Oberheim Polyphonic, Obie I, Yamaha Cp-30, Arp 2600, Mini Moog, Arp String Ensemble, Yamaha Polyphonic And Sequential Circuits Prophet Synthesizer, Arp Odyssey, Poly Moog, Micro Moog, E Mu Polyphonic], Piano [Acoustic], Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Clavinet [Hohner D6], Vocals, Backing Vocals, Arranged By [Strings, Brass, Woodwind], Vocoder [Sennheiser VSM 201] – #HerbieHancock
Drums – #TonyWilliams #HarveyMason, James Levi, #LeonNduguChancler
Percussion – #BillSummers
Congas – Raul Rekow
Tabla – Baba Duru
Bass – #JacoPastorius #PaulJackson #ByronMiller
Guitar – #WahWahWatson, #RayParkerJr
Soprano Saxophone – #BennieMaupin
Synthesizer [Additional] – Patrick Gleeson
Brass – Bobby Shew (tracks: A1 to B1), Garnett Brown (tracks: A1 to B1), Maurice Spears (tracks: A1 to B1), Robert O'Bryant, Sr. (tracks: A1 to B1)
Strings – Emily Van Valkenburgh (tracks: A1 to B1), Lawrence Granger (tracks: A1 to B1), Linda Wood (tracks: A1 to B1), Nathan Rubin (tracks: A1 to B1), Roy Malan (tracks: A1 to B1), Terry Adams (tracks: A1 to B1)
Woodwind – David Willard Riddles (tracks: A1 to B1), Ernest J. Watts (tracks: A1 to B1), Fred Jackson, Jr. (tracks: A1 to B1), Jack Nimitz (tracks: A1 to B1)
#instavinyl #recordoftheday #instarecords
I believe his name is Ken Park who is demonstrating at this drum clinic Yamaha's newest high-end electronic drums and electronic cymbals at Long & McQuade Musical Instruments. The drum kit retails for under $4000.
Markham, Canada ~ October 27, 2009.
The beat behind Michael Jackson's Billie Jean.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQIhq_v6X4I&spfreload=10
Markham, Canada ~ October 27, 2009.
World-class drummer, producer, composer, clinician, professor and three-time Grammy Award nominee Leon "Ndugu" Chancler demonstrates his rimshot technique on his signature soft epoxy paint coated Yamaha steel snare drum. He never muffles the snare head.
See this YouTube video on how recording engineer Bruce Swedien accented Leon's bass drum "thump" on Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" www.youtube.com/watch?v=hosGI1UTPMw.
Other Michael Jackson tracks Leon played on were “Baby Be Mine,” “P.Y.T.” , “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You,” and “Bad"; all from "Thriller".
Markham, Canada ~ October 27, 2009.
World-class drummer, producer, composer, clinician, professor and three-time Grammy Award nominee Leon "Ndugu" Chancler answers questions from the audience.
It was Quincy Jones who asked him to work with Michael Jackson on the Thriller album. Michael did not know who Leon was. Leon said Michael was a "perfectionist" who sang in a darkened studio with the microphone perfectly positioned.
Leon's favourite track from that album was "Baby Be Mine". It was pure Michael without the special effects.
Markham, Canada ~ October 27, 2009.
World-class drummer, producer, composer, clinician, professor and three-time Grammy Award nominee Leon "Ndugu" Chancler performs a non-stop 45 minute set at Long & McQuade Musical Instruments in Markham, Canada.
Leon "plays the music and not the drums".
Markham, Canada ~ October 27, 2009.
World-class drummer, producer, composer, clinician, professor and three-time Grammy Award nominee Leon "Ndugu" Chancler finishes the drum seminar by inviting 13 year old drum student, "Takar" onto the stage. Leon reminisced when he was 13 years old and was given a pair of drumsticks by one of his favourite drummers. Some 45 years later, Leon gives Takar a pair of his drumsticks.
Markham, Canada ~ October 27, 2009.
World-class drummer, producer, composer, clinician, professor and three-time Grammy Award nominee Leon "Ndugu" Chancler performs a non-stop 45 minute set at Long & McQuade Musical Instruments in Markham, Canada.
Leon doesn't use a double bass drum. He can replicate a double bass drum sound using one bass drum and one bass drum pedal.
He is truly one of the world's best drummers.
Markham, Canada ~ October 27, 2009.
A portion of the audience enjoying a performance by Leon Chancler at Long & McQuade Musical Instruments.
Markham, Canada ~ October 27, 2009.
A portion of the audience enjoying a performance by Leon Chancler at Long & McQuade Musical Instruments.
Markham, Canada ~ October 27, 2009.
World-class drummer, producer, composer, clinician, professor and three-time Grammy Award nominee Leon "Ndugu" Chancler demonstrates his one handed hi-hat cymbal technique.
Markham, Canada ~ October 27, 2009.
World-class drummer, producer, composer, clinician, professor and three-time Grammy Award nominee Leon "Ndugu" Chancler completes a non-stop 45 minute set at Long & McQuade Musical Instruments and talks about the ups and downs of his life.
He credits playing with Miles Davis as the real development in his career.
Markham, Canada ~ October 27, 2009.
World-class drummer, producer, composer, clinician, professor and three-time Grammy Award nominee Leon "Ndugu" Chancler performs a non-stop 45 minute set at Long & McQuade Musical Instruments in Markham, Canada.
Leon stresses the importance of practising.
Markham, Canada ~ October 27, 2009.
World-class drummer, producer, composer, clinician, professor and three-time Grammy Award nominee Leon "Ndugu" Chancler glances over and asks if I got "the picture" of him giving "Takar" a pair of drumsticks. I nodded and said "yes".
It was the best photo of the night.
Markham, Canada ~ October 27, 2009.
George M. Duke (January 12, 1946 – August 5, 2013) was an American keyboardist, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer. He worked with numerous artists as arranger, music director, writer and co-writer, record producer and as a professor of music. He first made a name for himself with the album The Jean-Luc Ponty Experience with the George Duke Trio. He was known primarily for 32 solo albums, of which A Brazilian Love Affair from 1979 was his most popular, as well as for his collaborations with other musicians, particularly Frank Zappa.
George Duke – Feel
Label: #MPSRecords – 21 22312-4, BASF – 21 22312-4
Format: #Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Germany
Released: 1975
Genre: #JazzFunk / #Soul
Style: #JazzFusion, #JazzFunk, #Funk
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Tracklist
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A1 Funny Funk5:18
A2 Love6:06
A3 The Once Over4:39
A4 Feel5:40
B1 Cora Jobege3:50
B2 Old Slippers5:41
B3 Theme From The Opera "Tzina"2:01
B4 Yana Aminah4:33
B5 Rashid3:36
B6 Statement1:15
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Credits
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Acoustic Bass, Electric Bass – #JohnHeard (tracks: A2 to A4, B2 to B4)
Drums – #Ndugu
Guitar – #Obdewl'l X (tracks: A2, B2)
Keyboards – #GeorgeDuke
Percussion – #Airto (tracks: A2 to A4, B4, B6), Ndugu (tracks: A3)
Synthesizer [Bass] – George Duke (tracks: A1, B1, B5)
Vocals – #FloraPurim (tracks: A2, B2), George Duke (tracks: A2, A4, B6)
Written-By – G. Duke (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B6), Ndugu (#LeonNduguChancler) (tracks: A3)
Producer – MPS Records
#vinylrecordcollection #vinylrecords #latinjazzoftheday #recordoftheday #cratedigger #vinylhunter #instavinyl #instarecords #vinylgram #recordsforever #vinyleveryday #recordgram #loverecords #vinylculture
Favorite From Her Milstone Years.
Flora Purim – Love Reborn
Label: Bellaphon – 26 11 003, Milestone – 26 11 003
Format: Vinyl, LP, #Compilation
Country: Germany
Released: 1980
Genre: Jazz, #Latin, #Funk / Soul
Style: Jazz-Rock, #JazzFunk, #LatinJazz
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A1 You On My Mind
A2 Look Into His Eyes
A3 Tomara (I Wish)
A4 Open Your Eyes You Can Fly
A5 Transition/Conversation
B1 San Francisco River
B2 Search For Peace
B3 Love Reborn
B4 Light As A Feather
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Compiled By – Orrin Keepnews
Featuring – #AirtoGuimorvanMoreira, #AlphonsoJohnson, #ByronMiller, #EgbertoGismonti, #ErnieHood, #GeorgeDuke, #HermetoPascoal, #JoeHenderson, #LeonNduguChancler, #RobertoSilva, #RonCarter, #StanleyClarke
Guest [Special] – #McCoyTyner
Vocals, Compiled By – #FloraPurim
#BellaphonRecords #MilestoneRecords #vinylrecordcollection #recordoftheday #vinylgram #cratedigger #instarecords #vinylrecords #vinyl #recordgram #brazilianJazz #brazil #instavinyl #blackgold
The Japanese pressing of Faces in Reflection (catalog number ULS-6048-P) is a gem not only for its pristine vinyl quality and elegant packaging, but for capturing one of the boldest statements in jazz-funk fusion history. Released on MPS Records and reissued in Japan with the iconic obi strip and Japanese liner insert, this version stands out as a highly desirable collector's piece.
From the opening note, Faces in Reflection radiates high-level artistry. The interplay between these three masters is nothing short of electrifying. Duke’s solos are otherworldly, gliding between lush Rhodes textures and searing synth leads that remain completely grounded in groove. His command of space and melody — even when venturing deep into electronic territory — feels both futuristic and deeply rooted in soul and funk traditions.
Tracks like 'Psychosomatic Dung' and 'Faces in Reflection (No. 1 & 2)' serve as pure, high-octane jazz-funk workouts, with Ndugu Chancler’s drumming supplying rock-solid pulse and dynamic fire, while John Heard’s bass keeps things locked down with deep, melodic swagger. The trio format leaves no room to hide — and none is needed. Each player brings the full force of their creativity to the table.
George Duke – Faces In Reflection
Label: #MPSRecords – ULS-6048-P
Series: プログレッシヴ1500コレクションズ
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Country: Japan
Released: 1982
Genre: Jazz, Funk / Soul
Style: Soul-Jazz, #JazzFunk, Fusion
Bass – #JohnHeard
Drums – #LeonNduguChancler
Keyboards – #GeorgeDuke
#FacesInReflection #VinylCollecting #JazzFusion #JapaneseRelease #OBI #vinylcollection #recordoftheday #recordcollection #vinylrecords #recordcollector #vinylgram #recordgram #instarecords #vinylculture #vinylcommunity #vinyladdict #NOWSPINNING