Jazz
Jazz-Pop
Crossover Jazz
Funk
George Duke - Keyboards, Piano, Producer, Rap, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
(Ex) Cat Heads - Percussion, Rap, Vocals
Alex Hervath - Strings
Anatoly Rosinsky - Strings
Armen Garabedian - Strings
Art Maillet - Photography
Arthur Royval - Strings
Assa Drori - Strings
Barbara Thomason - Strings
Bill Hybel - Strings
Bill Reichenbach Jr. - Trombone
Bonnie Douglas - Strings
Brandon Fields - Sax (Alto)
Brenton Banks - Strings
Buell Neidlinger - Bass
Byron Miller - Bass, Rap, Vocals
Carl Carwell - Rap
Charles Veal - Choir Master
Claudia Parducci - Strings
Darrell Cox - Rap
Deborah Thomas - Rap, Vocals
Dee Henricks - Rap, Vocals
Dennis Chambers - Drums
Denyse Buffum - Strings
Dorothy Remsen - Harp
Dorothy Wade - Strings
Endre Granat - Strings
Erik Zobler - Engineer, Mixing
Flora Purim - Rap, Vocals
Frank d'Antonio - Strings
Frederick Seykora - Strings
Gary Grant - Trumpet
George Bohannon - Trombone
Hooshik - Design
Icarus Johnson - Guitar, Rap, Vocals
Israel Baker - Strings
Jean Carn - Rap, Vocals
Jerry Hey - Trumpet
John "J.R." Robinson - Drums
Jorge del Barrio - Conductor
Josie James - Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Ken Yerke - Strings
Kerry McNabb - Engineer, Mixing
Kirk Whalum - Sax (Tenor)
Larry Williams - Sax (Tenor)
Leon "Ndugu" Chancler - Drums, Rap, Vocals
Marcia Van Dyke - Strings
Michael Sembello - Guitar
Michael Terril - Strings
Mitchell Newman - Strings
Murray Adler - Strings
Nancy Donald - Art Direction
Napoleon Murphy Brock - Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Neal Laite - Strings
Patti Brooks - Vocals (Background)
Paula Hochhalter - Strings
Petsye Powell - Vocals (Background)
Philip Bailey - Rap
Reg Hill - Strings
Rollice Dale - Strings
Selene Hurford - Strings
Sheldon Sanov - Strings
Stanley Clarke - , Bass, Drums, Producer, Rap, Tenor Bass, Vocals (Background)
Sybil Thomas - Rap, Vocals
Tommy Vicari - Engineer, Mixing
The Best of George Duke is a fine ten-track overview of the funk keyboardist's late-'70s/early-'80s recordings, containing all three of his Top Ten R&B hits ("Reach for It," "Dukey Stick," "Sweet Baby") plus a good selection of minor hits and album tracks.
---Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide |
