DON'T LET GO

George Duke

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Jazz Rock/Fusion

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Studio Album, released in 1978

Songs / Tracks Listing

1. We Give Our Love (4:32)
2. Morning Sun (4:14)
3. Percussion Interlude (2:00)
4. Dukey Stick (6:00)
5. Starting Again (4:25)
6. Yeah, We Going (3:40)
7. The Way I Feel (4:43)
8. Movin' On (4:20)
9. Don't Let Go (3:23)
10. Preface (1:28)
11. The Future (3:19)

Total time 42:04

Bonus tracks on 2013 remaster:
12. Dukey Stick Pt. 1 (US Epic Single) (3:30)
13. Dukey Stick Pt. 2 (US Epic Single) (4:40)
14. Dukey Stick (US Epic 12" Single) (8:05)

Line-up / Musicians

- George Duke / keyboards, vocals, narrator (4,12-14), producer

With:
- Josie James / vocals (7)
- Napoleon Brock / vocals (9)
- Pattie Brooks / backing vocals
- Petsye Powell / backing vocals
- Charles Johnson / guitar
- Melvin "Wah Wah Watson" / guitar (1)
- Roland Bautista / rhythm guitar (9)
- Carol Shive / violin
- Judy Geist / viola (10)
- Byron Miller / bass
- Leon "Ndugu" Chancler / drums, timbales
- Sheila Escovedo / congas, percussion

Releases information

Artwork: Glen Christensen with Norman Seeff (photo)

LP Epic ‎- JE 35366 (1978, US)

CD SoulMusic Records ‎- SMCR 5080 (2013, UK) Remastered by Alan Wilson with 3 bonus tracks

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2 stars Duke reached his first commercial hit on the previous album and it may have urged him to keep releasing frequent albums until the end of the 70's. By 1978, the last traces of his glorious days of fusion are melting away, so the music is rooted in funk, jazz-funk or Latin funk. The material has ... (read more)

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