Don't Let Go (Expanded Edition)

发行时间:1978-05-01
发行公司:索尼音乐
简介:  With a hot funk band and a big hit, &Reach for It,& behind him, George Duke appears mostly in his persona as R&B star on this ebullient package of sometimes Latin-inflected '70s funk. The centerpiece is a self-parodic bit of shuck and jive called &Dukey Stick,& which became a number four hit single on the R&B charts (at his gigs, Duke used to flaunt a gaudy, lit-up, perhaps phallic wand, the &Dukey stick,& during this number). The percussion section is pretty potent, staffed by Leon &Ndugu& Chancler and Sheila Escovedo in her pre-pop star days; they even get a Latin workout of their own simply titled &Percussion Interlude.& While some of Duke's considerable keyboard and electronic prowess breaks through now and then, this album is mainly aimed at the R&B market, as the preponderance of soul vocals indicates. As such, it is a cut or two above the routine fare of the time, though not as infectious as its predecessor Reach for It.
  With a hot funk band and a big hit, &Reach for It,& behind him, George Duke appears mostly in his persona as R&B star on this ebullient package of sometimes Latin-inflected '70s funk. The centerpiece is a self-parodic bit of shuck and jive called &Dukey Stick,& which became a number four hit single on the R&B charts (at his gigs, Duke used to flaunt a gaudy, lit-up, perhaps phallic wand, the &Dukey stick,& during this number). The percussion section is pretty potent, staffed by Leon &Ndugu& Chancler and Sheila Escovedo in her pre-pop star days; they even get a Latin workout of their own simply titled &Percussion Interlude.& While some of Duke's considerable keyboard and electronic prowess breaks through now and then, this album is mainly aimed at the R&B market, as the preponderance of soul vocals indicates. As such, it is a cut or two above the routine fare of the time, though not as infectious as its predecessor Reach for It.