20/01/2025

George Duke "Greatest Hits" (1996) -Jazz Funk / Jazz Fusion-



Label : Sony Music Entertainment / Epic Records


États-Unis 01 - Dukey Stick (George Duke)
02 - Reach For It (George Duke)
03 - Searchin' My Mind (George Duke)
04 - Mothership Connection (George Clinton, Bootsy Collins & Bernie Worrell)
05 - Sweet Baby (George Duke)
06 - Starting Again (George Duke)
07 - Lady (George Duke)
08 - Shine On (George Duke)
09 - Just For You (George Duke)
10 - Movin' On (George Duke)


01 - Dukey Stick

Produced by George Duke for George Duke Enterprises
Recorded at Paramount Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Engineer : Kerry McNabb
Mixed by Kerry McNabb
Mixed at Paramount Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Background vocals by Josie James
Keyboards : George Duke
Drums : Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler
Guitar : Charles 'Icarus' Johnson
Bass : Byron Miller
Percussion : Sheila Escovedo
Vocals by George Duke, Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler, Charles 'Icarus' Johnson, Byron Miller, Sheila Escovedo, Josie James, Napoleon Murphy Brock
Rap by George Duke, Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler, Charles 'Icarus' Johnson, Byron Miller, Sheila Escovedo

02 - Reach For It

Produced by George Duke for George Duke Enterprises
Recorded at Paramount Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Engineer : Kerry McNabb
Mixed by Kerry McNabb
Mixed at Paramount Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Keyboards : George Duke
Drums : Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler
Guitar : Charles 'Icarus' Johnson
Bass : Byron Miller
Vocals & Rap by George Duke, Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler, Charles 'Icarus' Johnson, Byron Miller, Deborah Thomas, Dee Henrick, Sybil Thomas, Flora Purim, Jean Carn

03 - Searchin' My Mind

Produced by George Duke for George Duke Enterprises
Recorded at Paramount Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Engineer : Kerry McNabb
Mixed by Kerry McNabb
Mixed at Paramount Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Lead vocals by George Duke, Deborah Thomas, Dee Henricks, Sybil Thomas
Keyboards : George Duke
Drums : Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler
Guitar : Charles 'Icarus' Johnson
Bass : Byron Miller

04 - Mothership Connection

Produced by George Duke & Stanley Clarke for George Duke Enterprises & Contemporary Artists Enterprises, Inc.
Recorded at Ocean Way, Los Angeles, CA
Engineer : Erik Zobler
Mixed by Erik Zobler
Mixed at Ocean Way, Los Angeles, CA
Overdubs Recorded at LeGonks, Los Angeles, CA
Rapologists : George Duke, Stanley Clarke, Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler, Philip Bailey, Darrell Cox, Carl Carwell, Phil Perry
Keyboards : George Duke
Tenor Bass : Stanley Clarke
Drums : Dennis Chambers
Tenor Sax : Kirk Whalum
Trumpet : Jerry Hey
Alto Sax : Brandon Fields
Trombone : George Bohannon

05 - Sweet Baby

Produced by George Duke & Stanley Clarke for George Duke Enterprises & Contemporary Artists Enterprises, Inc.
Recorded at Fantasy Studio 'D', Berkeley, CA
Engineer : Tommy Vicari
Mixed by Tommy Vicari
Mixed at Fantasy Studio 'D', Berkeley, CA
Overdubs at LeGonks, Los Angeles, CA
Background vocals by George Duke, Stanley Clarke
Drums : John 'JR' Robinson
String Section (Conductor) : Jorge Del Barrio
String Section : Israel Baker, Bonnie Douglas, Assa Drori, Endre Granat, Sheldon Sanov, Marcia Van Dyke, Dorothy Wade, Kenneth Yerke, Rollice Dale, Denyse Buffum, Art Royval, Barbara Thomason, Paula Hochhalter, Selen Hurford, Nils Oliver, Fred Seykora
Concert Master : Charles Veal

06 - Starting Again

Produced by George Duke for George Duke Enterprises
Recorded at Paramount Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Engineer : Kerry McNabb
Mixed by Kerry McNabb
Mixed at Paramount Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Lead vocals by George Duke
Background vocals : Josie James, Napoleon Murphy Brock, Petsye Powell, Pattie Brooks
Keyboards : George Duke
Drums : Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler
Guitar : Charles 'Icarus' Johnson
Bass : Byron Miller
Percussion : Sheila Escovedo

07 - Lady

Produced by George Duke & Stanley Clarke for George Duke Enterprises & Contemporary Artists Enterprises, Inc.
Recorded at Ocean Way, Los Angeles, CA
Engineer : Erik Zobler
Mixed by Erik Zobler
Mixed at Ocean Way, Los Angeles, CA
Lead vocals by George Duke
Background vocals by George Duke, Stanley Clarke
Bass : Stanley Clarke
Drums : Dennis Chambers
String Section (Conductor) : Jorge Del Barrio
String Section : Endre Granat, Murray Adler, Israel Baker, Brenton Banks, Frank D'Antonio, Michael Terril, Armen Garabedian, Reg Hill, Alex Horvath, Bill Hybel, Neal Laite, Mitchell Newman, Claudia Parducci, Anatoly Rosinsky
Bass : Buell Neidlinger
Harp : Dorothy Remsen

08 - Shine On

Produced by George Duke for George Duke Enterprises
Recorded at Le Gonks, Los Angeles, CA
Engineer : Erik Zobler
Mixed by Tommy Vicari
Mixed at Sound Labs, Los Angeles, CA
Vocals by George Duke
Piano : George Duke
Bass : Byron Miller
Drums : Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler
Guitar : Michael Sembello
Trumpets : Jerry Hey, Gary Grant
Tenor Sax : Larry Williams
Trombone : Bill Reichenbach

09 - Just For You

Produced by George Duke for George Duke Enterprises
Recorded at Paramount Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Engineer Kerry McNabb
Mixed by Kerry McNabb
Mixed at Paramount Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Vocals by George Duke
Background vocals : Josie James, Napoleon Murphy Brock, Petsye Powell, Pattie Brooks
Keyboards : George Duke
Drums : Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler
Guitar : Charles 'Icarus' Johnson
Bass : Byron Miller

10 - Movin' On

Produced by George Duke for George Duke Enterprises
Recorded at Paramount Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Engineer : Kerry McNabb
Mixed by Kerry McNabb
Mixed at Paramount Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Lead vocals by Napoleon Murphy Brock, Josie James
Background vocals by George Duke, Petsye Powell, Pattie Brooks
Keyboards : George Duke
Drums : Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler
Guitar : Charles 'Icarus' Johnson
Bass : Byron Miller
Percussion : Sheila Escovedo