Search - Billy Cobham, George Duke :: Live on Tour in Europe

Duke And Cobham Are ALIVE!!!

Andre' S Grindle | Bangor,ME. | 08/29/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"We're all well aware of Billy Cobham's talents but this serves at presenting George Duke in his ecclectic pre-Reach For It" stage-the only CD evidance taht I know of."Hip Pockets" and
the John Scofield guitar-whipped "Ivory Towers" make a powerful
starter while the avante-garde synthesizer racket on Duke's own
"Frankstein Goes To The Disco puts the artists current preoccuptaion with bland commercial pop to shame!Not to be ignored is the Sun-Ra-sih rap of "Space Lady"-it's Billy Cobham all over but a whole other side of George Duke,one that we don't see too often these days.A "new colossus" as it were!"

A mammoth recording

Ryan Cafferty | Frederick, MD USA | 02/16/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"a perfect live analog recording here...i got a copy of the atlantic vinyl release from my uncle's impeccable 70's funk/soul collection. i lit up when i saw george duke's mug on the front, and was thrilled to see perfect vinyl...i was blown away by the quality of the music, and the quality of the recording itself. this one opens up with a giant version of hip pockets. duke, cobham, and scofield stand and deliver a nice snapshot of mid 70's power fusion. you can hear exactly why mid 70's zappa was so perfect when you hear george duke play with other musicians. his contribution was immense. this recording just comes together well. i'd grab up a copy immediately if i hadn't transferred the recording from vinyl already.



bottom line: oozy, funky, rhythmic, perfect, fun, complex, and extraordinary fusion from some extremely talented musicians at the peak of their pioneering. buy it now."