COVER OF THE WEEK

Cover # 26 is an album by Billy Cobham and George Duke Band: Live On Tour In Europe.

The front cover painting is nice and quite typical for the 70's. The back cover (I go for my old LP here) adds track list and photos of each band member along with a list of tour dates which adds the impression of a live document since (as an European) you might ask yourself "Let's see, did they play a venue near my home town?"

The music is mostly funky fusion plus some more or less bizarre dialogue stuff for a live situation, a thing that Duke developed during his years in Frank Zappa's band.
My favourite track is Do What Cha Wanna, a great funky pop tune with awesome bass playing by Alfonso Johnson. On this track you can hear that Duke is not only a keyboard virtuoso but also a fantastic vocalist. It is hard to understand that Zappa once had to persuade him to sing!

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