3 (Stanley Clarke and George Duke album)

3
Studio album by
Stanley Clarke & George Duke
ReleasedJune 12, 1990
Studio
  • Ocean Way Recording (Hollywood, California)
  • Le Gonks West
  • Benedict Canyon Studios
GenreJazz fusion
Length46:20
LabelEpic
Producer
Stanley Clarke & George Duke chronology
The Clarke/Duke Project II
(1983) 		3
(1990) 		The Clarke/Duke Project Volumes I, II & III (compilation)
(2010)
Stanley Clarke chronology
If This Bass Could Only Talk
(1988) 		3
(1990) 		Passenger 57 (soundtrack)
(1992)
George Duke chronology
Night After Night
(1989) 		3
(1990) 		Snapshot
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Select[2]

3 is the third and final collaborative album by Stanley Clarke and George Duke, released in 1990 on Epic Records. The album peaked at No. 7 on the US Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.

Overview

Artists such as Gerald Alston, Rahsaan Patterson, West Coast hip hop group Above The Law and Philip Bailey, Phil Perry, Howard Hewett and Jeffrey Osborne appear on the album. Other artists like Jerry Hey, Michael Landau, George Bohanon, Brandon Fields, Wayne Shorter, Robert Brookins, Joe Henderson, Kirk Whalum, and drummer Dennis Chambers are also featured.[3]

Singles

The cover of Parliament-Funkadelic's "Mothership Connection" was released as a 12" single. George Clinton appeared in the music video.[4]

"Lady" was released as a promotional and 7" single along with "Find Out Who You Are".

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
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 Clarke5:02
4."Somebody Else" George Duke5:27
5."Mothership Connection" 
5:10
6."Right by My Side" (featuring Gerald Alston)
Stanley Clarke5:11
7."From the Deepest Corner of My Heart" Stanley Clarke1:17
8."Lady" George Duke4:21
9."Find Out Who You Are" Stanley Clarke4:38
10."Quiet Time" George Duke1:03
11."Finger Prints" 
3:48
12."Always" George Duke1:09
Total length:46:20

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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

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

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Chart history

Chart (1990) Peak
position
US Contemporary Jazz Albums (Billboard)[5] 7
US Top R&B Albums (Billboard)[6] 52

References

  1. ^ S. Ginell, Richard. "Stanley Clarke and George Duke: 3". allmusic.com. Allmusic.
  2. ^ Cook, Richard (September 1990). "Stanley Clarke/George Duke: 3". Select. No. 3. p. 78.
  3. ^ a b c Stanley Clarke and George Duke: 3. Epic Records. 1990.
  4. ^ ClarkeDukeVEVO (2018-03-15), Stanley Clarke, George Duke – Mothership Connection, retrieved 2018-08-27
  5. ^ "George Duke and Stanley Clarke: 3 (Contemporary Jazz Albums)". Billboard.
  6. ^ "George Duke and Stanley Clarke: 3 (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard.