The Clarke/Duke Project

The Clarke/Duke Project was the first collaborative album by American musicians Stanley Clarke and George Duke. It was released in 1981 through Epic Records. The main recording sessions took place at Studio D of Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, California with additional recording at Le Gonks West, Westlake Studios and A&M Studios in Hollywood, California.

The album peaked at number 33 on the Billboard 200 and at number 7 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Its lead single, "Sweet Baby", made it to number 19 on the Hot 100 singles chart. In 1982, the album was nominated for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group at the 24th Annual Grammy Awards.^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Wild Dog"		George Duke Stanley Clarke	3:29
2.	"Louie Louie"	Richard Berry	Richard Berry	5:05
3.	"Sweet Baby"	George Duke	George Duke	3:45
4.	"I Just Want to Love You"	Stanley Clarke	Stanley Clarke	3:50
5.	"Never Judge a Cover By Its Book"		Stanley Clarke	1:42
6.	"Let's Get Started"		George Duke Stanley Clarke	3:56
7.	"Winners"	Stanley Clarke	Stanley Clarke	4:01
8.	"Touch and Go"	Allee Willis	Stanley Clarke George Duke	4:36
9.	"Finding My Way"	George Duke	George Duke	5:36
Total length:				36:21

George Duke – vocals, keyboards, percussion, string arrangement (tracks: 3, 8), bass synthesizer (track 7), producer
Stanley Clarke – vocals, bass, guitar, sitar, cello, string arrangement (tracks: 4, 8), producer
Michael Boddicker – bass synthesizer (track 7)
John Frederick Robinson – drums
Norman Gary Foster – saxophone (track 3)
Jerry Hey – piccolo trumpet C (track 8)
Frederick Seykora – strings
Israel Baker – strings
Endre Granat – strings
Paula Hochhalter – strings
Barbara Thomason – strings
Marcia Van Dyke – strings
Bonnie Douglas – strings
Selene Hurford – strings
Denyse Buffum – strings
Sheldon Sanov – strings
Kenneth Yerke – strings
Rollice Dale – strings
Dorothy Wade – strings
Nils Oliver – strings
Assa Drori – strings
Art Royval – strings
Charles Veal Jr. – concertmaster
George Del Barrio – conducting
Brent Averill – engineering
Tommy Vicari – engineering
Dave Concors – engineering
Jim Cassell – engineering
Erik Zobler – engineering
Wally Buck – mixing assistant
George Horn – mastering
Kathe Hoffman – album coordinator

Chart (1981)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[3]	33
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[4]	7

Studio albums

Solo	Feel The Aura Will Prevail I Love the Blues, She Heard My Cry Liberated Fantasies From Me to You Reach for It Don't Let Go Follow the Rainbow Master of the Game A Brazilian Love Affair Dream On Guardian of the Light Thief in the Night Night After Night Snapshot Illusions After Hours Cool Duke Dukey Treats Déjà Vu DreamWeaver
Collaborative	Soul Zodiac Soul of the Bible The Grand Wazoo Over-Nite Sensation One Size Fits All The Clarke/Duke Project The Clarke/Duke Project II 3

Live albums

Singles

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Studio albums	Children of Forever (1973) Stanley Clarke (1974) Journey to Love (1975) School Days (1976) Modern Man (1978) Rocks, Pebbles and Sand (1980) Let Me Know You (1982) Time Exposure (1984) If This Bass Could Only Talk (1988) East River Drive (1993) The Rite of Strings (1995) At the Movies (1995) The Toys of Men (2007) Jazz in the Garden (2009) The Stanley Clarke Band (2010)
Live albums	Live 1976–1977 (1991)
Compilation albums	The Bass-ic Collection (1997)
Collaboration albums	Butterfly Dreams with Flora Purim (1973) Fuse One (1980) The Clarke/Duke Project with George Duke (1981) The Clarke/Duke Project II with George Duke (1983) The Manhattan Project (1989) Animal Logic with Stewart Copeland, Deborah Holland (1989) 3 with George Duke (1990) Thunder as SMV (with Marcus Miller and Victor Wooten (2008)
Related articles	List of works Animal Logic

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