George Duke "George Duke" (1986) -Jazz Funk / Contemporary R&B-

Label : Elektra / Asylum Records

 Side One

01 - Broken Glass (George Duke)
02 - I Just Want To Be In Your Life (George Duke)
03 - Good Friend (George Duke)
04 - So Mean To Me (George Duke)
05 - Stand With Your Man (George Duke)

Side Two

01 - Island Girl (George Duke)
02 - King For A Day (Steve Harvey)
03 - The Morning, You & Love (George Duke)
04 - I Can Make It Better (Robert Brookins & Tony Haynes)
05 - African Violet (George Duke)


Produced by George Duke for George Duke Enterprises, Inc.
All Songs Recorded by Erik Zobler except :
"I Just Want To Be In Your Life", Recorded by Tommy Vicari & Tom Perry, Mixed by Tommy Vicari at Lionshare Recording Studio, 
"So Mean To Me" Recorded by Tommy Vicari & Erik Zobler, Mixed by Tommy Vicari at Soundcastle Studio
"The Morning You & Love" Mixed by Mick Guzauski at Mama Jo's Recording Studio
"Good Friend" & "African Violet" Mixed by Mick Guzauski at Conway Recording Studio
"I Can Make It Better" & "King For A Day" Mixed by Erik Zobler at Sunset Sound
"Broken Glass" Mixed by Etom Ivaat & Ellis Jay at Larrabee Studio
"Island Girl" Mixed by Erik Zobler at Soundcastle
Additional Engineering : Mitch Gibson
Production Assistant : Alice Murrell
Mastering : Brian Gardner at Bernie Grundman's


Side One

01 - Broken Glass

George Duke : Synclavier, TX-8, Sennheiser Vocoder
Kevin Chokan : Guitar

02 - I Just Want To Be In Your Life

George Duke : Synclavier, TX-8
Lynn Davis, Josie James, George Duke : Background vocals

03 - Good Friend

George Duke : Acoustic Piano, TX-8, Synclavier
Jeffrey Osborne, Stephanie Mills, Irene Cara, Joyce Kennedy, Kenny Loggins, George Duke, Deniece Williams : Lead vocals (in order of appearance)
Byron Miller : Bass
Paul Jackson Jr. : Guitar, Sitar
Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler : Drums
Lynn Davis, Josie James, Carl Carwell : Background vocals

04 - So Mean To Me

George Duke : Synclavier, Linn Drums
Paul Jackson Jr. : Guitar
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Lynn Davis, Stephanie Phillips, Shirley Jones : All Vocals

05 - Stand With Your Man

Featuring The Original George Duke Funk Band
George Duke : Acoustic Piano, DX-7, Linn 9000
Byron Miller : Bass
Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler : Drums
Charles 'Icarus' Johnson : Guitar
Josie James, Lynn Davis, Napolean Murphy Brock, George Duke, Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler, Byron Miller, Carl Carwell, Swee 'D' Cox, Nigel Martinez : Rap

Side Two

01 - Island Girl

George Duke : Vocals, Synclavier, TX-8

02 - King For A Day

George Duke : Synclavier, DX-7, Acoustic Piano
Howard Hewett : Lead vocal
Paul Jackson Jr. : Guitar
George Duke, Robert Brookins, Carl Carwell, George Merrill : Background vocals

03 - The Morning, You & Love

George Duke : Lead vocal, Acoustic Piano, DX-7, Synclavier
Nathan East : Bass
John 'JR' Robinson : Drums
Paul Jackson Jr. : Acoustic Guitar
Michael Landau : Electric Guitar
Gary Foster : Recorder
James Ingram, Carl Carwell, George Duke : Background vocals

04 - I Can Make It Better

George Duke : Prophet 5 Solo, Synclavier Solo
Robert Brookins : Lead vocals, OBX-A, Synclavier
SueAnn Carwell : Lead vocals
Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler : Timbales
Kevin Chokan : Guitar
'D'arrell 'X'avion : Drums
Lynn Davis, Josie James, Dianne Reeves, Robert Brookins, Carl Carwell : Background vocals

05 - African Violet  

George Duke : Synclavier, TX-8
Lynn Davis, Josie James, Dianne Reeves, Carl Carwell, George Duke : Background vocals