Liberated Fantasies

by George Duke

Liberated Fantasies cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1976
  • Label: MPS
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 39:58
  • Community rating: 3.07/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The keyboard virtuoso seamlessly blends complex fusion chops with infectious, dancefloor-ready funk. Featuring prominent use of the Minimoog and deeply syncopated basslines, the record is a defining text of the era's lucrative shift toward commercial, synth-heavy jazz crossover.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Don't Be Shy (2:59)
  2. Seeing You (4:30)
  3. Back To Where We Never Left (6:25)
  4. What The... (0:30)
  5. Tryin' & Cryin' (5:48)
  6. I C'n Hear That (5:18)
  7. After The Love (2:32)
  8. Tzina (Excerpts From Act II Scene II) (2:29)
  9. Liberated Fantasies (9:23)

Credits

  • Embamba - bass
  • Leon Ndugu Chancler - drums, rototoms [roto-toms], written-by, vocals
  • George Johnson - guitar
  • Susan Reed - written-by
  • Janet Ferguson - backing vocals, voice [voice of amanda]
  • Napoleon M. Brock - backing vocals, lead vocals
  • Rashid Duke - vocals
  • Ruth Underwood - voice [voice of riddle]

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