Disponible le 23 août prochain, From Me to You : The Definitive Collection, un coffret 5-CDs compilé par le label Robinsongs, retrace en 87 titres la période 1977-2000 de l’immense George Duke.
Au programme, les incontournables « Dukey Stick », « Say That You Will », « Brazilian Love Affair », « Shine On » et de nombreux extraits des albums phares – dont le fameux Clarke/Duke Project avec Stanley Clarke paru en 1981 – du maître des claviers jazz-funk-fusion disparu en 2013 à l’âge de 67 ans. Tracklisting complet ci-dessous :
CD1
1 From Me To You
2 Carry On
3 Up On It
4 Down In It
5 Sing It
6 You And Me
7 ‘Scuse Me Miss
8 The Beginning
9 Lemme At It
10 Hot Fire
11 Watch Out Baby!
12 Reach For It
13 Just For You
14 Dukey Stick
15 We Give Our Love
16 Morning Sun
17 Yeah, We Going
18 Don’t Let Go
CD2
1 Movin On
2 The Way I Feel
3 Party Down
4 I Am For Real (May The Funk Be With You)
5 Pluck
6 Straight From The Heart
7 Say That You Will
8 Funkin For The Thrill
9 Look What You Find
10 I Love You More
11 Every Little Step I Take
12 I Want You For Myself (Original Mike Maurro Mix)
13 Games
14 Brazilian Love Affair
15 Summer Breezin
16 Cravo E Canela
17 Up From The Sea It Arose And Ate Rio In One Swift Bite
CD3
1 Sweet Baby – Clarke/Duke Project
2 Never Judge A Cover By It’s Book – Clarke/Duke Project 3 I Just Want To Love You – Clarke/Duke Project
4 Finding My Way – Clarke/ Duke Project
5 Wild Dog – Clarke/Duke Project
6 Winners – Clarke/Duke Project
7 Shine On
8 Positive Energy
9 Dream On
10 Ride On Love
11 I Will Always Be Your Friend
12 You
13 Overture
14 Light
15 Reach Out
16 Celebrate
17 Give Me Your Love
18 Born To Love You
19 Heroes – Clarke/Duke Project
20 Secret Rendezvous
CD4
1 Take It On
2 Got To Get Back To Love
3 Thief In The Night (Vocal Remix)
4 Jam
5 La La
6 Stand With Your Man
7 Island Girl
8 The Morning, You & Love
9 Broken Glass
10 Good Friend
11 Love Ballad
12 Brazilian Coffee
13 Say Hello
14 Rise Up
15 Guilty
16 C’est La Vie
17 560 SL
CD5
1 Keeping Love Alive
2 Snapshot
3 No Rhyme No Reason
4 6 O’clock
5 Genesis
6 500 Miles To Go
7 Illusions
8 Love Can Be So Cold
9 Mothership Connection (Star Child) – Clarke/Duke Project
10 It’s Our World
11 Fill The Need
12 Is Love Enough
13 Rush Hour / Road Rage
14 From Dusk To Dawn
15 If You Will (Featuring Flora Purim)
