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"I also hope that with the assistance and expertise of Dome Records, that I will be able to further pierce the UK and European market. I really like playing there and I want to do more! I've found that the audiences get quite involved and really listen to what's happening!"

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The phrase "pierce the UK and European market" lands with a telling mix of ambition and humility: Duke is talking like a working musician who knows that great art doesn’t automatically translate into distribution, radio play, tour support, or press. “Pierce” isn’t glamorous language; it’s tactical. It acknowledges the invisible membrane between being respected and being booked, between cult admiration and real foothold. By naming Dome Records’ “assistance and expertise,” he’s not just thanking a label - he’s signaling legitimacy and infrastructure, the unsexy machinery that turns jazz-funk brilliance into actual momentum overseas.

Then he pivots, and the heart shows. “I really like playing there and I want to do more!” is almost disarmingly plain, which is exactly why it works: after the market talk, it re-centers the motive as performance, not conquest. Duke’s career straddled jazz virtuosity, R&B accessibility, and studio polish; Europe and the UK have long offered a particular kind of attentive listening culture for artists who live between categories. That’s the subtext of “audiences get quite involved and really listen to what’s happening.” He’s praising a crowd that treats nuance as the main event - the harmonic turns, the improvisational conversation, the groove’s micro-shifts.

Contextually, it reads like an artist navigating late-career globalization: the music is already world-class; the question is whether the business can catch up, and whether the right audiences can meet it with the kind of focus the music demands.

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Duke, George. (2026, February 18). I also hope that with the assistance and expertise of Dome Records, that I will be able to further pierce the UK and European market. I really like playing there and I want to do more! I've found that the audiences get quite involved and really listen to what's happening! FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-also-hope-that-with-the-assistance-and-70967/

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Duke, George. "I also hope that with the assistance and expertise of Dome Records, that I will be able to further pierce the UK and European market. I really like playing there and I want to do more! I've found that the audiences get quite involved and really listen to what's happening!" FixQuotes. February 18, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-also-hope-that-with-the-assistance-and-70967/.

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"I also hope that with the assistance and expertise of Dome Records, that I will be able to further pierce the UK and European market. I really like playing there and I want to do more! I've found that the audiences get quite involved and really listen to what's happening!" FixQuotes, 18 Feb. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-also-hope-that-with-the-assistance-and-70967/. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.

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George Duke (January 12, 1946 - August 5, 2013) was a Musician from USA.

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