Feel (George Duke album)

Feel
Studio album by George Duke
Released	October 28, 1974
Recorded	1974
Genre	Fusion, Jazz-Funk, Funk
Length	41:36
Label	Verve
Producer	Baldhard Falk
George Duke chronology
Faces in Reflection (1974) Feel (1974) The Aura Will Prevail (1975)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic -	[1]

Feel is the seventh album of George Duke. This album was released by BasfMPS on October 28, 1974. George Duke began experimenting with synthesizer orchestration on this album, which is considered the beginning of his unique style.^[2] This album is further characterized by the contributions of Kerry McNabb, Flora Purim and Frank Zappa.

Track listing

Side A:

1. "Funny Funk" 5:18
2. "Love" 6:06
3. "The Once Over" 4:39
4. "Feel" 5:40

Side B:

1. "Cora Jobege" 3:50
2. "Old Slippers" 5:41
3. "Theme from the Opera" 2:01
4. "Yana Aminah" 4:33
5. "Rashid" 3:36
6. "Statement" 1:15

Personnel

• George Duke: keyboards; vocals; synthesizer bass
• John Heard: acoustic and electric bass (tracks A2 to A4, B2 to B4)
• Airto Moreira: percussion (tracks A2 to A4, B4 to B6)
• Leon "Ndugu" Chancler: drums; percussion
• Flora Purim: vocal (track B4)
• Obdewl'l X (Frank Zappa): guitar (tracks A2 and B2)

Production

Paramount Studios, Hollywood
Engineer: Kerry McNabb
Producer, Photography (Back Cover): Baldhard Falk
Written by: George Duke (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B6) and Leon "Ndugu" Chancler (tracks: A3)
Cover Art: Sätty

Chart performance

Year	Chart	Position
1975	Billboard Jazz Albums	17[3]
1975	Billboard The Billboard 200	141[3]

References

1. Elias, Jason. Feel at AllMusic. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
2. "Feel - George Duke | Somehowjazz". somehowjazz.com. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
3. "Feel - George Duke | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 December 2014.

External links

1. http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/related/Feel.html
2. http://www.discogs.com/George-Duke-Feel/release/51357
3. http://www.somehowjazz.com/feel.html