08/11/2021

George Duke "From Me To You" (1977) -Jazz Funk / Jazz Fusion-



Label : Epic Records


États-Unis Side 1

01 - From Me To You (George Duke)
02 - Carry On (George Duke)
03 - What Do They Really Fear? (George Duke)
04 - Scuse Me Miss (George Duke)
05 - You And Me (George Duke)
06 - Broken Dreams (George Duke)

Side  2

01 - Up On It (George Duke)
02 - Seasons (George Duke)
03 - Down In It (George Duke, Stanley Clarke, Michael Sembello & Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler)
04 - Sing It (George Duke)


Produced by George Duke for George Duke Enterprises, Inc.
All Selections Composed & Arranged by George Duke with The exception on "Down In It" Co-Written by Stanley Clarke, Michael Sembello & Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler

George Duke Keyboards, Vocals, Percussion on "You And Me"
Stanley Clarke : Acoustic Bass on "From Me To You" & "Seasons", Electric Bass on "Up On It" & "Down In It"
Byron Miller : Electric Bass
Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler : Drums
Michael Sembello : Electric & Acoustic Guitars
Dianne Reeves : Vocals on "You And Me" & "Broken Dreams"
Background vocals : Maxine Willard Waters, Julia Tillman Waters, Jessica Smith

Engineer : Kerry McNabbParamount Recording Studios, L.A., Calif.

Horns on Tracks "
From Me To You", "Carry On", "Scuse Me Miss", "Up On It" & "Sing It" :
Ernie Watts, Bill Green : Flute, Piccolo & Saxophone
Bobby Bryant, Walt Fowler : Trumpet
Glenn Ferris, Lew McCreary : Trombone

Strings on Tracks "
From Me To You", "You And Me", "Broken Dreams" & "Up On It" Murray Adler, William Kirasch, Jay Rosen, Pamela Goldsmith, Polly Sweeney, Allan Harschman, Jacqueline Lustgarten & Raymond Kelley

Hand Claps : L. Pecot Robertson, Kitten, Debbie Robinson, Damu Darrell Cox, Dennis Moody, Bruce Talamon & Leslie Kearney