George Duke - Master of the GameAfter his US R&B success with "Reach For It" (1977) and "Dukey Stick" (1978), MASTER OF THE GAME was jazz'n'funk pioneer George Duke's fifth album for Epic Records, the follow up to "Follow The Rainbow". A US Top 20 R&B and Top 200 pop charted album, MASTER OF THE GAME included the Top 30 R&B and club hit single 'I Want You For Myself' featuring vocalist Lynn Davis. The master keyboardist was the sole writer on eight tracks collaborating with famed

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Danza de la Vida is intended as a tribute to Jose Bragato

The album flexes it's muscles in places (such as on "It's A Jungle Out There" and "Love Inhalation") but otherwise it delivers a commercial based sound perfectly suited for FM radio ("Glory Bound

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and in these years my sort of imaginary journey associated with courage to join my older

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Cooke's performing version of the symphony is the one that Osmo Vanska has chosen to use for the seventh installment in his and the Minnesota Orchestra's Mahler series

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