Snapshot (George Duke album)

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Snapshot
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Studio album by
George Duke
Released1992
StudioLe Gonks West (West Hollywood, CA); Ocean Way Recording and Conway Studios (Hollywood, CA); Mama Jo's (North Hollywood, CA).
Genre
Label Warner Bros.
Producer George Duke
George Duke chronology
Night After Night
(1989)		Snapshot
(1992)		 Illusions
(1995)

Snapshot is a studio album by American keyboardist George Duke released in 1992 on Warner Bros Records. The album reached No. 1 on the Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and No. 36 on the Billboard Top R&B Albums chart. [1] [2] [3] Duke dedicated the album to his mother, Beatrice Burrell Duke, "who brought the camera and showed me how to use it".

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Entertainment Weekly B [6]

Mitchell May of the Chicago Tribune found that "This is a well-balanced trip into the jazz-fusion Duke has honed over the last two decades. Deftly mixing supple instrumentation with guest vocalists (Jeffrey Osborne, Deniece Williams, Keith Washington), Duke and a small army of sidemen provide plenty of jazz-inflected hooks. [5]

Jonathan Widran of AllMusic wrote "With a several decade career as an artist and producer successfully spanning the realms of bebop, fusion, soul, and funk, nothing gives George Duke more pleasure than being able to go back to his basics as an acoustic jazz pianist on his smooth, multifaceted Warner Bros. debut, Snapshot. The keyboardist takes listeners on a whimsical, generally cool journey through the myriad styles he's purveyed over the years: Latin, pop, R&B, and live-in-the-studio jazz. Snapshot seems divided by Duke's pop sensibilities and these urges to simplify those electronic trappings." Widran added "overall, Snapshot nicely reflects the state of Duke circa early '90s smooth jazz. Cut through the chaff and the remaining wheat here represents an artist pretty much doing what he does best: a little bit of everything in a mostly artistically satisfying manner." [4]

Josef Woodard of Entertainment Weekly exclaimed "R&B is the foundation of Snapshot‘s tracks, and soul stars such as Jeffrey Osborne and Deniece Williams serve up vocal cameos. But Duke’s harmonic savvy, as well as some crisp jazz riffs, keep this smooth, agreeable album from the numbskullduggery of its ”contemporary jazz” contemporaries." [6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by George Duke, except where indicated.

Snapshot track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."From the World" (Intro) 0:50
2."History (I Remember)" Jeffrey Osborne 5:37
3."Snapshot" 5:39
4."No Rhyme, No Reason" 5:47
5."6 O'Clock" 4:37
6."Ooh Baby" 5:00
7."Fame" 5:45
8."Geneva" 5:27
9."Speak Low" 4:06
10."Keeping Love Alive" 5:44
11."Until Sunrise" 5:55
12."Bus Tours" 4:42
13."In the Meantime" (Interlude) 0:28
14."The Morning After" 5:49

Personnel

Production

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References

  1. ↑ George Duke: Snapshot. Warner Bros. Records. 1992.
  2. ↑ "George Duke Chart History (Top Contemporary Jazz Albums)". Billboard .
  3. ↑ "George Duke Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard .
  4. 1 2 Widran, Johnathan. "George Duke: Snapshot". allmusic.com. AllMusic.
  5. 1 2 May, Mitchell (December 3, 1992). "George Duke Snapshot (Warner)". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune.
  6. 1 2 Woodard, Josef (January 29, 1993). "Snapshot". ew.com. Entertainment Weekly.
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