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November 25, 2024 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

George Duke From Me to You

George Duke (1946-2013) wore many hats throughout his long and varied career: keyboardist, composer, producer, arranger, singer.  His solo discography encompassed 40 albums while his collaborations included LPs with such jazz luminaries as Jean-Luc Ponty, Billy Cobham, Stanley Clarke, and Dexter Gordon.  He produced records for A Taste of Honey, Sister Sledge, Barry Manilow, Melissa Manchester, Miles Davis, Al Jarreau, and Smokey Robinson.  Jazz was only part of the George Duke story, as his

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Funk, Jazz, R&B/Soul Tags: Flora Purim, George Duke, Stanley Clarke

October 15, 2024 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Frank Zappa Apostrophe

Strictly commercial?  Not quite.  Though Frank Zappa earned his first top ten record and first Gold record with apostrophe (') - the same LP that spun off his first single to make the Billboard Hot 100 - it would be difficult to argue that the singer-songwriter-bandleader had dramatically altered his art in an effort to hit the charts.  Sure, the material was a bit more focused and the album rather tight at 32 minutes in length.  Yeah, the cover artwork, with its instantly recognizable,

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Frank Zappa, George Duke

August 23, 2024 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

First Choice Love Having You Around

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today!  As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. First Choice, Love Having You Around: The Gold Mind Recordings (1977-1980) (SoulMusic/Second Disc)  (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) SoulMusic Records and The Second Disc celebrate Philadelphia girl group First Choice with Love Having You Around: The Gold Mind Recordings (1977-1980). This 4CD collection features

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Charlie Parker, Fanny, First Choice, George Duke, Jim Peterik, Jimi Jamison, Sheena Easton

December 18, 2023 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Frank Zappa Over Nite Sensation

Had Frank Zappa gone commercial?  Surely the artist who proudly embraced the slogan "No Commercial Potential" hadn't sold out to the masses.  Yet, with 1973's Over-Nite Sensation, the composer-guitarist-bandleader found himself in a particularly purple patch that resulted in two consecutive Gold albums and four straight top 40 entries on the Billboard 200.  The title of Over-Nite Sensation was, of course, sarcastic; the record was Zappa's seventeenth overall and twelfth with The Mothers of

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Categories: Holiday Gift Guide, Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Frank Zappa, George Duke

January 31, 2023 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Frank Zappa Waka Wazoo

Finally, a Zappa album that's safe for the whole family! Frank Zappa's pair of 1972 releases, Waka/Jawaka and The Grand Wazoo, stand as two of the most impressive and unusual in his sprawling catalogue.  Forced to abandon live performing as a result of a crazed "fan" charging the stage and heaving him into an orchestra pit, the composer-bandleader spent nearly a year recovering from injuries to his face, head, ribs, arm, and leg.  A wheelchair and a leg brace couldn't stop Zappa's prodigious

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Categories: Reviews Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Everything Else, Jazz Tags: Frank Zappa, George Duke

January 30, 2023 By The Second Disc 4 Comments

Philip Bailey State of the Heart

Band break-ups can be traumatizing, no matter how they happen. Philip Bailey, whose high falsetto vocals were a key part of Earth, Wind & Fire during their most commercial years in the '70s and '80s, has frequently described the band's (temporary) dissolution, brought up during a 1983 band meeting by founder Maurice White, as one of the lower points of his career. Bailey's next moves could shape his trajectory as an artist for better or worse. Of course, what happened over the rest of the

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Deniece Williams, Earth Wind and Fire, George Duke, Little Richard, Nile Rodgers, Phil Collins, Philip Bailey

October 18, 2022 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

Frank Zappa Waka Wazoo

On the evening of December 10, 1971, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention had just encored with a performance of The Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand" at London's Rainbow Theatre when a so-called fan jumped onto the stage and pushed the bandleader some twelve feet into the orchestra pit.  With injuries to his face, head, ribs, arm, and leg, Zappa was lucky to survive.  He was forced into a near-yearlong period of convalescence in a wheelchair and leg brace, but he didn't stop creating or

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Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz Tags: Frank Zappa, George Duke

June 25, 2021 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Deniece Williams Free Box

Let's hear it for Deniece Williams.  Since making her first big splash 45 years ago with debut album This is Niecy, the daughter of Gary, Indiana has scored 27 Billboard R&B hits and 14 Pop successes including two crossover Number Ones, won four Grammy Awards (and amassed another nine nominations), and recorded over fifteen albums blurring the lines between soul, pop, and gospel.  Between 1976 and 1988, Williams made Columbia Records her home, both with Maurice White's ARC imprint and with

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Deniece Williams, George Duke, Johnny Mathis, Maurice White, Thom Bell

January 3, 2019 By Sam Stone 2 Comments

PhilCollins SeriousHitsLive

It's been a busy few years for Phil Collins.  Most recently, he wrapped up the U.S. leg of the successful Not Dead Yet Live! Tour.  He released the recent compilation, Plays Well With Others, which saw him dipping into his archives to find his session appearances and collaborations.  He also released The Singles and oversaw the remastering of his studio work with the "Take A Look At Me Now" reissue series.  Now, the campaign continues with the February 1 release of two remastered live albums

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Jazz, Pop Tags: George Duke, Phil Collins

November 1, 2018 By The Second Disc 7 Comments

Melissa Manchester Mathematics

Melissa Manchester announced her independence from Arista Records when she signed to MCA Records after nearly a decade with Clive Davis' famous label.  At Arista, Manchester had established herself as one of the finest singer-songwriters of her era (or any other!) as well as a first-class pop interpreter.  At MCA, she reinvented herself further by jumping headfirst into the world of dance-oriented synthpop, Hi-NRG, and new wave.  1985's Mathematics bore the period's hallmark of multiple big-name

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Craig Safan, David Shire, George Duke, Melissa Manchester, Quincy Jones

August 24, 2017 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Stanley Clarke Definitive

Bassist Stanley Clarke has long been one of jazz's leading lights.  The Philadelphia-born musician and composer's career, which flourishes to the present day, has recently been anthologized by Cherry Red's Robinsongs label.  The Definitive Collection concentrates on the period of 1975-1990 during which time he was recording for the Nemperor and Epic labels as a solo artist. Philadelphia-born Clarke first rose to prominence showcasing his bass wizardry as part of Chick Corea's fusion jazz

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Funk, Jazz, R&B/Soul Tags: George Duke, Stanley Clarke

December 8, 2016 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Melba Moore Anthology

SoulMusic Records, in association with Cherry Red, has recently launched a series of new 2-CD anthologies designed to give a comprehensive look at one period of an artist's career.  The initial group of releases is dedicated to three artists whose talents span multiple genres - Melba Moore, George Duke, and Ramsey Lewis. Melba Moore's Standing Right Here: the Anthology - The Buddah and Epic Years devotes one disc to each one of those labels.  Moore's first major-label contract was actually

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Disco/Dance, Funk, Jazz, R&B/Soul Tags: George Duke, Melba Moore, Ramsey Lewis

January 18, 2012 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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With the latest two additions to its growing Complete Albums Collections roster, Legacy Recordings and Epic Records are looking to two musical pioneers for which the description "jazz artist" seems largely inadequate.  George Duke, keyboard virtuoso, and Stanley Clarke, electric and acoustic bass pro, have extensively toured and recorded together, but these forthcoming box sets turn the clock back to their solo periods on the Epic label. George Duke has proven himself equally adept at jazz,

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Jazz, R&B/Soul Tags: George Duke, Stanley Clarke

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