Face the Music (George Duke album)

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Face the Music
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Studio album by
George Duke
ReleasedSeptember 3, 2002
StudioLe Gonks, Los Angeles, CA
Genre Jazz
Length1:10:52
Label Big Piano Music
Producer George Duke
George Duke chronology
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(2000)		Face the Music
(2002)		 Duke
(2005)
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Face the Music is the 26th studio album by American jazz musician George Duke. [2] The album peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and No. 7 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart. It reached No. 24 on the Billboard Top Independent Albums chart. [3]

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Critical reception

Lucy Tauss of JazzTimes favourably found "Keyboardist/producer George Duke inaugurates his new label, Big Piano Music, with Face the Music, an album filled with zesty, free-spirited, funk-fusion jams." [4]

The Associated Press praised the album saying, "Duke, whose career spans nearly four decades, has a knack for timeless music, combining jazz, Brazilian jazz, funk R&B, even some gospel. Here, he enlists upright bass impresario Christian McBride, guitarist Jef Lee Johnson, drummer John "Lil' John" Roberts and Lenny Castro on percussion to accentuate his crisp, jazz-funk piano compositions. The entire disc is a winner..." [5]

Buddy Blue of the San Diego Union-Tribune named Face the Music as one of his albums of the year. [6]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Black Messiah, Pt. 2" George Duke 8:22
2."Chillin'"George Duke5:36
3."My Piano"George Duke7:26
4."Guess You're Not the One"George Duke7:28
5."Let's Roll"George Duke8:14
6."Ain't It Funky Now" James Brown 4:20
7."Close to You" (featuring Kirk Whalum)George Duke5:52
8."Another Way to Look at It"George Duke7:17
9."Creepin'"George Duke4:50
10."Ten Mile Jog"George Duke, Jef Lee Johnson, John Roberts11:27

References

  1. ↑ Widran, Jonathan. "George Duke – Face the Music: Review". AllMusicaccess-date=.
  2. ↑ George Duke: Face the Music. Big Piano Music. 2002.
  3. ↑ "George Duke". Billboard .
  4. ↑ "George Duke: Face the Music". JazzTimes.com. JazzTimes. January 1, 2003.
  5. ↑ "Audio Reviews". Associated Press. September 8, 2002 – via Telegraph Herald.
  6. ↑ Blue, Buddy (December 19, 2002). "MAKES YOU WANNA SHOUT!". newsbank.com. San Diego Union-Tribune . Retrieved March 30, 2025.


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