14/10/2020
George Duke "Rendezvous" (1984) -Jazz Funk-
Label : Epic Records
01 - Got To Get Back To Love (George Duke)
02 - Stay Awhile (George Duke)
03 - Secret Rendezvous (Jerry Knight)
04 - Thinking Of You (George Duke)
Side Two
01 - Take It On (George Duke & Adrienne Anderson)
02 - She Can Wait Forever (Geoffrey Leib)
03 - Better Ways (George Duke)
04 - Your Life (George Duke)
05 - Ipanema Lady (George Duke)
Produced by George Duke for George Duke Enterprises
Recording & Remix Engineer : Tommy Vicari
Recording Studios :
Le Gonks West - Tracks except "Stay Awhile", "Better Ways" & "Your Life"
All Keyboards, Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Trumpet, Flugelhorn & Flute Overdubs on "Got To Get Back To Love"
A&M - Strings on "Thinking Of You"
Fantasy Studio 'D' - Mixing on "Your Life" & "Ipanema Lady" ; Tracks & Mixing on "Better Ways"
Ocean Way - Tracks on "Stay Awhile" & "Your Life"
Westlake Audio - Horns on "She Can Wait Forever" & "Thinking Of You"
Sound Castle - Mixing on "Secret Rendezvous" & "Take It On"
The Complex - Mixing on "Got To Get Back To Love" & "Stay Awhile"
Assistant Engineers : Jim Cassell (A&M), Wally Buck (Fantasy), Mark Ettel (Ocean Way), Erik Zobler (Westlake Audio), James Orlando (Sound Labs), Mitch Gibson (Sound Castle), Murray Dvorkin (The Complex), Nick Spigel (Le Gonks West)
Production Assistant : Connie de Guzman
Technical Assistant : Brent Averill
Mastering : Brian Gardner at Bernie Grundman Mastering
Simmons Drum Programming : John Gilston
Additional Engineering on "Got To Get Back To Love" & "Secret Rendezvous" : Norm Kenny
Strings on "Thinking Of You" : Charles Veal Jr., Concertmaster / Rosemary Veal, Contractor
Violins : Mari Botnick, Bonnie Douglas, Henry Foster, Ron Folsom, Franklin Foster, Bob Sanov, Carol Shive, Dorothy Wade, Ken Yerke
Violas : Rollice Dale, Denyse Buffum, Virginia Majewski, Barbara Thomason
Celli : Julie Buffum, Panlo Hochhalter, Dennis Karmazyn, Raymond Kelley
Side One
01 - Got To Get Back To Love
George Duke : All Vocals, Acoustic Piano, Rhodes, Castlebar Clavinet Solo
Nathan East : Bass
Steve Ferrone : Drums
Paul Jackson Jr. : Guitar
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Jerry Hey : Trumpet
Chuck Findley : Flugelhorn
Larry Williams : Flute, Piccolo
02 - Stay Awhile
George Duke : All Vocals, Rhodes, Prophet V
Byron Miller : Bass
John 'JR' Robinson : Drums
Michael Sembello : Guitar
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Jerry Hey, Gary Grant : Trumpet, Flugelhorn
03 - Secret Rendezvous
George Duke : Lead vocal, Mini Moog Bass, Linn Drum, Memory Moog, Prophet V Solo
Paul Jackson Jr. : Guitar
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
George Duke, Lynn Davis & Josie James : Background vocals
04 - Thinking Of You
Instrumental
George Duke : Rhodes, Prophet V, Mini Moog
Byron Miller : Bass
Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler : Drums
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Side Two
01 - Take It On
George Duke : All Vocals, Mini Moog Bass, Memory Moog, Rhodes, Acoustic Piano, Linn Drum, Simmons Drums
Steve Ferrone : Hi Hat
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Ernie Watts : Tenor Solo
02 - She Can Wait Forever
George Duke : Vocals, Acoustic Piano, Rhodes
Byron Miller : Bass
Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler : Drums
Michael Sembello : Guitar
Jerry Hey : Trumpet
Bill Reichenbach : Trombone
Gary Herbig : Tenor Sax
Gary Grant : Trumpet
03 - Better Ways
George Duke : All Vocals, ARP Bass
Stanley Clarke : Piccolo Basses (Guitar Sounds)
Charles Fearing : Funk Guitar
John 'JR' Robinson : Drums
04 - Your Life
George Duke : All Vocals, Acoustic Piano
Byron Miller : Bass
John 'JR' Robinson : Drums
Michael Sembello : Guitar
05 - Ipanema Lady
Instrumental
George Duke : Rhodes, Melodium, Prophet V, Korg Poly Six
Byron Miller : Bass
Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler : Drums
Michael Sembello : Guitar
Paulinho Da Costa : All Percussion
George Duke, Octavio R. Bailly Jr., Paulinho Da Costa, Bonnie Bowden, Cruz Baca Sembello, Michael Sembello, Regina Werneck, Carol Rogers, Oscar Castro-Neves, Luci B. Newell : Brazilian Chorus