3 (Stanley Clarke and George Duke album)

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.

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

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

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


 * Rahsaan Patterson – lead vocals (track 3)
 * Gerald Alston – lead vocals (track 6)
 * Gregory Fernan Hutchison – lyrics & rap vocals (track 3)
 * Philip Eugene Perry – vocals (tracks: 2, 5, 9), backing vocals (track 3)
 * Carl Carwell – vocals (tracks: 4, 5, 9), backing vocals (track 3)
 * Howard Hewett, Jr. – vocals (track 2)
 * Jeffrey Linton Osborne – vocals (track 2)
 * Roy Galloway – vocals (track 4), backing vocals (track 3)
 * James Earl Gilstrap – vocals (track 4), backing vocals (track 3)
 * Darrell Cox – vocals (track 5)
 * Philip Irvin Bailey – vocals (track 5)
 * Leon "Ndugu" Chancler – vocals (track 5)
 * Larry Goodman – rap lyrics (track 3)
 * Dennis Matkosky – lyrics (track 6)

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

Technicals
 * Erik Zobler – mixing & recording
 * Mick Guzauski – mixing (tracks: 3, 6)
 * Kevin Fisher – additional engineering
 * Steve Sykes – additional engineering
 * Dan Humann – additional engineering
 * David Rideau – additional engineering
 * Steve Holroyd – additional engineering
 * Bernie Grundman – mastering
 * Linda McClary – production coordinator

Additional
 * Chris Cuffaro – photography
 * Mary Maurer – art direction
 * Nancy Donald – art direction