Dreamweaver (George Duke album)

DreamWeaver
DreamWeaver
Studio album by George Duke
Released	July 16, 2013
Studio	Le Gonks West (Los Angeles, CA)
Genre	Contemporary jazz; R&B;
Length	1:14:03
Label	BPM Records; Heads Up International;
Producer	George Duke
George Duke chronology
Singles from DreamWeaver
	"You Never Know"; Released: 2013;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
All About Jazz	^[1]
AllMusic	^[2]

DreamWeaver is the 32nd and final studio album by American keyboardist and record producer George Duke. It was released on July 16, 2013 through Big Piano Music and Heads Up International. Recording sessions for the album took place at Le Gonks West in Los Angeles, California. The album is dedicated to Corine Duke, who died in 2011.^[3]

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by George Duke except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Dreamweaver"		1:27
2.	"Stones of Orion"		6:27
3.	"Trippin'"		4:21
4.	"Ashtray"		4:00
5.	"Missing You"		5:45
6.	"Transition, Pt. 1"		0:14
7.	"Change the World"		5:54
8.	"Jazzmatazz"		4:44
9.	"Round the Way Girl"		4:11
10.	"Transition, Pt. 2"		0:17
11.	"Brown Sneakers"		6:10
12.	"You Never Know"		4:02
13.	"Ball & Chain"	Teena Marie	5:58
14.	"Burnt Sausage Jam"	George Duke Jef Lee Johnson Christian McBride John Roberts	15:32
15.	"Happy Trails"	Dale Evans	5:01
Total length:			1:04:03

Personnel[]

George Duke – vocals (tracks: 3, 5, 7, 8, 12, 15), synthesizer (tracks: 1-10, 12-14), Rhodes electric piano (tracks: 2, 4, 7-9, 11, 12), piano (tracks: 2, 5, 7, 8, 12, 14), drum programming (tracks: 3, 7, 8, 13, 15), keyboards (track 5), minimoog (tracks: 11, 15), ARP Odyssey (track 11), clavinet (track 14), Wurlitzer electric piano (track 15), producer

Lamont Van Hook – backing vocals (tracks: 3, 5, 8, 12)
Shannon Pearson – backing vocals (track 3)
Terry Dexter – backing vocals (tracks: 3, 8), vocals (track 7)
Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals (tracks: 5, 12, 15), vocals (track 7)
Rachelle Ferrell – vocals (track 5)
Kennedy Fuselier – vocals (track 7)
Bebe Winans – vocals (track 7)
Dira Sugandi – vocals (track 7)
Freddie Jackson – vocals (track 7)
Howard Hewett – vocals (track 7)
Jeffrey Osborne – vocals (track 7)
Lalah Hathaway – vocals (track 7)
Lori Perry – vocals (track 7), backing vocals (tracks: 12, 15)
Josie James – backing vocals (track 8)
Teena Marie – vocals (track 13)
Chill – rap vocals (track 8)
Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar (tracks: 4, 7, 11)
Jef Lee Johnson – guitar (tracks: 5, 9, 12, 14, 15)
Michael Landau – guitar (track 8)
Stanley Clarke – electric upright bass (track 2)
Larry Kimpel – bass (tracks: 5, 9, 12, 15)
Michael Manson – bass (track 11)
Christian McBride – bass (track 14)
Gordon Campbell – drums (tracks: 2, 4, 5, 9, 11, 12, 15)
John Roberts – drums (track 14)
Lenny Castro – percussion (track 11)
Everette Harp – alto saxophone (tracks: 2, 4, 8, 14)
Kamasi Washington – tenor saxophone (tracks: 2, 3, 4, 8, 13, 14)
Daniel Higgins – flute (track 2), tenor saxophone (track 4)
Gary E. Grant – trumpet (tracks: 2, 4)
Michael "Patches" Stewart – trumpet (tracks: 3, 8, 13, 14)
Ramon Flores – trumpet (track 8)
Alan Kaplan – trombone (tracks: 8, 14)
Erik Zobler – mixing & mastering
Lisa Chamblee Hampton – assistant engineering
Randall Moses – art direction & design
Toshihiro Sakurai – photography

Chart history[]

Chart (2013)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[4]	74
US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard)^[5]	2

References[]

^ Winbush, Jeff (September 2, 2013). "George Duke: George Duke: Dream Weaver". All About Jazz. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
^ Jurek, Thom. "DreamWeaver – George Duke". AllMusic. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
^ Tauss, Lucy. "George Duke: Dreamweaver - JazzTimes". JazzTimes. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
^ "George Duke Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
^ "George Duke Chart History (Top Jazz Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 31, 2018.

External links[]

George Duke – Dreamweaver at Discogs (list of releases)
Dreamweaver on George Duke's website
DreamWeaver by George Duke on iTunes

[1] Winbush, Jeff (September 2, 2013). "George Duke: George Duke: Dream Weaver". All About Jazz. Retrieved August 31, 2018.

[2] Jurek, Thom. "DreamWeaver – George Duke". AllMusic. Retrieved August 31, 2018.

[3] Tauss, Lucy. "George Duke: Dreamweaver - JazzTimes". JazzTimes. Retrieved August 31, 2018.

[ac_Billboard200_George_Duke-4] "George Duke Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 31, 2018.

[ac_BillboardJazz_George_Duke-5] "George Duke Chart History (Top Jazz Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 31, 2018.

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