{"product_id":"from-me-to-you-the-definitive-collection-1977-2000","title":"From Me To You - The Definitive Collection 1977-2000","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDefinitive George Duke Collection\u003c\/strong\u003e covers the period of 1977 through to 2000 that features his Epic Records and Warner Brothers period. This unique five CD Set containing 87 fantastic tracks celebrates the storied solo career of a veritable colossus whose multi-faceted music straddled different genres.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eContains all of \u003cstrong\u003eGeorge Duke\u003c\/strong\u003e’s biggest Epic hits including ‘\u003cem\u003eDukey Stick\u003c\/em\u003e’, ‘\u003cem\u003eSay That You Will\u003c\/em\u003e’, ‘\u003cem\u003eShine On\u003c\/em\u003e’ and the fabulous extended \u003cstrong\u003eMike Maurro\u003c\/strong\u003e’s 12” mix of the track ‘\u003cem\u003eI Want You For Myself\u003c\/em\u003e’. Also featured are tracks from the \u003cstrong\u003eClarke \/ Duke Project\u003c\/strong\u003e releases including the Smash Hit ‘\u003cem\u003eSweet Baby\u003c\/em\u003e’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith fantastic sleeve notes by journalist Charles Waring, contributor to Mojo, Record Collector, and uDiscover Music. After leaving Epic in 1985, \u003cstrong\u003eGeorge Duke\u003c\/strong\u003e began a new chapter in his career by joining Elektra Records where he recorded nine albums including \u003cem\u003eThief In The Night\u003c\/em\u003e and his 1986 self-titled Album, the best tracks of these albums are featured on this release.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGeorge Duke\u003c\/strong\u003e continued making records until he died in 2013 aged 67. His passing made the music world a poorer place, but his legacy of 32 solo albums - and contributions as a keyboardist and producer for myriad other artists - ensures that he won’t easily be forgotten.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDuke\u003c\/strong\u003e was not a mere dabbler in different styles or a shallow dilettante hopping from trend to trend in an aim to stay fashionable or relevant. Rather, he was a true virtuoso of many genres who could play all kinds of music styles with distinction, flair, and authority.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePerhaps his eclecticism came in part from the fact that he was apprenticed to two master musicians who were poles apart stylistically: the prog-rock guitarist\/composer \u003cstrong\u003eFrank Zappa\u003c\/strong\u003e and the bebop jazz legend, saxophonist \u003cstrong\u003eJulian “Cannonball” Adderley\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBoth were highly intelligent, polymathic musicians who were similar by ignoring conventional demarcation lines in music, unafraid of mixing genres and flouting the rules. They instilled in \u003cstrong\u003eDuke\u003c\/strong\u003e an adventurous, explorative streak; \u003cstrong\u003eZappa\u003c\/strong\u003e, in particular, liberated the pianist from his early preconceptions and snobbishness about the worth of diverse kinds of music.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Robinsongs","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50507236376907,"sku":"2202972","price":33.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Screenshot_2024-06-01_at_12.03.59_1fc62f9e_thumbnail_4096.png?v=1727843561","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/from-me-to-you-the-definitive-collection-1977-2000","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}