George Duke "Guardian Of The Light" (1983) -Jazz Funk-

 Label : Epic Records

 Side 1

01 - Ouverture (George Duke)
02 - Light (George Duke)
03 - Shane (George Duke)
04 - Born To Love You (George Duke)
05 - Silly Fightjin' (George Duke)
06 - You (Are The Light) (George Duke)
07 - The War Fugue Interlude (George Duke)

Side 2

01 - Reach Out (George Duke)
02 - Give Me Your Love (George Duke)
03 - Stand (George Duke)
04 - Soon (George Duke)
05 - Celebrate (George Duke)
06 - Fly Away (George Duke)


Produced, Written, Arranged & Orchestrated by George Duke for George Duke Enterprises
Tommy Vicari : Recording & Remix Engineer
Ocean Way : Tracks & Strings, (Mark Ettel - Assistant Engineer), except "Fly Away", "Celebrate" - Le Gonks West 

Le Gonks West : All Keyboards, Guitar, Bass, Percussion & Vocal Overdubs, (Nick Spigel, Assistant Engineer)

Fantasy Studio "D": Mixing, using The Mitsubishi Digital 2 Track (Wally Buck, Danny Kopelson, Assistant Engineers), except "Celebrate" - Lion's Share (Steve Schmit, Assistant Engineer) & "Stand" - The Complex 

Peter Chaiken : Additional Engineering on "Celebrate"

Brent Averill : Technician at Le Gonks West

Brian Gardner : Mastering at Allen Zentz

Strings Contracted by Paul Shure except "Fly Away" by Rosemary Veal, Charles Veal Jr. - Concertmaster

Violins : Paul Shure, Murray Adler, Israel Baker, Brenton Banks, Sherrill Coltrin Baptist, Bonnie Douglass, Assa Drori, Reginald Hill, Karen Jones, Nathan Ross, Sheldon Sanov, Robert Sushel, Mari Botnick, Henry Ferber, Ron Folsom, Franklin Foster, Bob Sanov, Carol Shive, Dorothy Wade, Ken Yerke, Endre Granat, Arnold Belnick, Marcia Van Dyke, Charles Veal Jr.

Violas : Rollice Dale, Denyse Buffum, Virginia Majewski, Barbara Thomason, Allan Harshman, Myer Bello, David Schwart

Cellos : Douglas Davis, Raymond Kelley, Jan Kelley, Earl Madison, Julie Buffum, Paula Hochhalter, Dennis Karmazyn, Danny Rothermuller, Nils Oliver


Side 1

01 - Ouverture

George Duke : Acoustic Piano
Louis Johnson : Bass
John 'JR' Robinson : Drums
Michael Sembello : Guitar
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Jerry Hey, Gary Grant : Trumpet
Larry Williams : Tenor Sax
Lew McCreary : Trombone
Paul Shure : Concertmaster
George Del Barrio : String Conductor

02 - Light

George Duke : All Vocals, Acoustic Piano, Sennheiser Vocorder, Rhodes, Prophet V, Korg Poly Six
Louis Johnson : Bass
John 'JR' Robinson : Drums
Charles Fearing : Guitar
Paul Shure : Concertmaster
George Del Barrio : String Conductor
Craig Harris : Vocorder Programming

03 - Shane

George Duke : All Vocals, Sennheiser Vocorder, Rhodes, Prophet V
Louis Johnson : Bass
John 'JR' Robinson : Drums
Charles Fearing : Guitar
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Craig Harris : Vocorder Programming

04 - Born To Love You

George Duke : Lead vocal, Acoustic Piano, Melodica, Rhodes
Byron Miller : Bass
John 'JR' Robinson : Drums
Michael Sembello : Guitar
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Jeffrey Osborne, Lynn Davis, Portia Griffin : Background vocals

05 - Silly Fightjin'

George Duke : Lead vocal, Acoustic Piano
Louis Johnson : Bass
Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler : Drums
George Duke, Jeffrey Osborne, Lynn Davis, Portia Griffin : Background vocals

06 - You (Are The Light)

George Duke : Vocals, Rhodes, Acoustic Piano
Byron Miller : Bass
Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler : Drums
Michael Sembello : Guitar
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Jerry Hey, Gary Grant : Trumpet
Larry Williams : Tenor Sax
Lew McCreary : Trombone
Paul Shure : Concertmaster
George Del Barrio : String Conductor

07 - The War Fugue Interlude

George Duke : Prophet V
Paul Shure : Concertmaster
George Del Barrio : String Conductor

Side 2

01 - Reach Out

George Duke : All Vocals, Acoustic Piano, ARP Odyssey, Prophet V Synthesizers
Louis Johnson : Bass
John 'JR' Robinson : Drums
Michael Sembello : Guitar
Jerry Hey, Gary Grant : Trumpets
Larry Williams : Tenor Saxophone
Lew McCreary : Trombone

Lynn Davis, Rachelle Fields, Portia Griffin, George Duke : Handclaps
Paul Shure : Concertmaster
George Del Barrio : String Conductor

02 - Give Me Your Love

George Duke : Lead vocal, Rhodes, Prophet V Melodiom
Louis Johnson : Bass
John 'JR' Robinson : Drums
Michael Sembello : Guitar
Patti Austin, Lynn Davis, George Duke : Background vocals

03 - Stand

George Duke : Linn Drum Machine, Korg Poly Six, Mini Moog
George Duke, Jeffrey Osborne : Vocals

04 - Soon

George Duke : Vocal
Michael Sembello : Guitars, Guitar Arrangement
Steve Forman : Tabla
Paul Shure : Concertmaster
George Del Barrio : String Conductor

05 - Celebrate

George Duke : Rhodes, Prophet V, Linn Drum Machine, Korg Poly Six & Mini Moog
Johnny McGhee : Guitar

06 - Fly Away

George Duke : Vocals, Acoustic Piano, Clavitar Solo, Prophet V,  Roland Vocorder
Louis Johnson : Bass
Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler : Drums
Jerry Hey, Gary Grant : Trumpet & Piccolo Trumpet
Larry Bunker : Tympani
Erik Zobler : Vocal Yell 'Uhey'
Charles Veal : Concertmaster

(All Guitar type sounds performed on the Prophet V)