3 (Stanley Clarke and George Duke album)
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Studio album by Stanley Clarke & George Duke | ||||
Released | June 12, 1990 | |||
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Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
Length | 46:20 | |||
Label | Epic | |||
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Stanley Clarke & George Duke chronology | ||||
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Stanley Clarke chronology | ||||
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3 is the third and final collaborative album by American musicians Stanley Clarke and George Duke. It was released in 1990 through Epic Records. The album features guest appearances from Gerald Alston, Rahsaan Patterson and West Coast hip hop group Above The Law, and various instrumentalists, such as Robert Brookins, Jerry Hey, Michael Landau, George Bohanon, Brandon Fields, Wayne Shorter, Joe Henderson, Kirk Whalum, and drummer Dennis Chambers. The album peaked at number 52 on the US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
Singles
The cover of Parliament-Funkadelic's "Mothership Connection" was released as a 12" single. George Clinton was starring in the music video.[1]
"Lady" was released as promotional single and as 7" single along with "Find Out Who You Are".
Track listing
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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1. | "Pit Bulls (An Endangered Species)" | 4:15 | ||
2. | "Oh Oh" | 4:58 | ||
3. | "No Place to Hide" (featuring Rahsaan Patterson & Above The Law) | Stanley Clarke | 5:02 | |
4. | "Somebody Else" | George Duke | 5:27 | |
5. | "Mothership Connection" | 5:10 | ||
6. | "Right by My Side" (featuring Gerald Alston) |
| Stanley Clarke | 5:11 |
7. | "From the Deepest Corner of My Heart" | Stanley Clarke | 1:17 | |
8. | "Lady" | George Duke | 4:21 | |
9. | "Find Out Who You Are" | Stanley Clarke | 4:38 | |
10. | "Quiet Time" | George Duke | 1:03 | |
11. | "Finger Prints" | 3:48 | ||
12. | "Atlanta" | George Duke | 1:09 | |
Total length: | 46:20 |
Personnel
Primary artists
- George Duke – keyboards (tracks: 1-6, 8-9, 11), synthesizer (tracks: 7, 10, 12), vocals (tracks: 2, 5, 9), lyrics (track 2), lead vocals (tracks: 4, 8), producer
- Stanley Clarke – bass (tracks: 1-9, 11-12), keyboards (track 3), vocals (track 5), lyrics (track 6), lead vocals (track 9), producer
Vocalists
- Rahsaan Patterson – lead vocals (track 3)
- Gerald Alston – lead vocals (track 6)
- Gregory Fernan Hutchison – lyrics & rap vocals (track 3)
- Philip Eugene Perry – vocals (tracks: 2, 5, 9), backing vocals (track 3)
- Carl Carwell – vocals (tracks: 4, 5, 9), backing vocals (track 3)
- Howard Hewett, Jr. – vocals (track 2)
- Jeffrey Linton Osborne – vocals (track 2)
- Roy Galloway – vocals (track 4), backing vocals (track 3)
- James Earl Gilstrap – vocals (track 4), backing vocals (track 3)
- Darrell Cox – vocals (track 5)
- Philip Irvin Bailey – vocals (track 5)
- Leon "Ndugu" Chancler – vocals (track 5)
- Larry Goodman – rap lyrics (track 3)
- Dennis Matkosky – lyrics (track 6)
Instrumentalists
- Dennis Milton Chambers – drums (tracks: 1-3, 5-6, 8-9, 11), hi-hats (track 4)
- Robert Brookins – keyboards (track 2)
- Brandon Fields – alto saxophone (track 5)
- Kirk Whalum – tenor saxophone (track 5)
- George Roland Bohanon, Jr. – trombone (track 5)
- Jerry Hey – trumpet (track 5)
- Michael Landau – guitar (track 6)
- Wayne Shorter – soprano saxophone (track 9)
- Joe Henderson – tenor saxophone (track 9)
- Rayford Griffin – drums (track 11)
- Buell Neidlinger – double bass
- Dorothy Remsen – harp
- Earl Madison – cello
- Steve Erdody – cello
- Ronald Cooper – cello
- Douglas L. Davis – cello
- Dan Neufeld – viola
- Miriam Meyer – viola
- Marilyn Baker – viola
- Carole Mukogawa – viola
- Mihail Zinovyev – viola
- Samuel Boghossian – viola
- Bill Hybel – violin
- Neal Laite – violin
- Murray Adler – violin
- Israel Baker – violin
- Endre Granat – violin
- Brenton Banks – violin
- Reginald Hill – violin
- Michael Ferril – violin
- Mitchell Newman – violin
- Armen Garabedian – violin
- Claudia Parducci – violin
- Anatoly Rosinsky – violin
- Alexander Horvath – violin
- Franklyn D'Antonio – violin
- George Del Barrio – conducting
Technicals
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Chart history
Chart (1990) | Peak position | |
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scope="row" | US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[2] | 52 |
References
- ↑ ClarkeDukeVEVO (2018-03-15), Stanley Clarke, George Duke - Mothership Connection, retrieved 2018-08-27
- ↑ "Stanley Clarke Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
External links
Stanley Clarke And George Duke – 3 at Discogs (list of releases)