| I Love the Blues, She Heard My Cry | |
| Type: | Studio album |
| Artist: | George Duke |
| Cover: | I Love the Blues, She Heard My Cry.jpg |
| Released: | 1975 |
| Recorded: | 1975 |
| Studio: | Paramount Recording Studios (Hollywood, California) |
| Genre: | Jazz fusion |
| Prev Title: | The Aura Will Prevail |
| Prev Year: | 1975 |
| Next Title: | Liberated Fantasies |
| Next Year: | 1976 |
I Love the Blues, She Heard My Cry is the sixth studio album by American keyboardist George Duke. It was released in 1975 through MPS Records. Recording sessions for the album took place at Paramount Recording Studios in Hollywood, California. The album features contributions from frequent collaborators Leon "Ndugu" Chancler on drums, Airto Moreira and Flora Purim with guest appearances by trombonist Bruce Fowler, bassist Tom Fowler, percussionists Ruth Underwood and Emil Richards, guitarists Lee Ritenhour, Daryl Stuermer, Johnny "Guitar" Watson and others musicians. This album is dedicated to the memory of the late Julian "Cannonball" Adderley.
Duke used ARP and Moog synthesizers, Rhodes electric piano, Hohner clavinet and Mutron Phasers. For "Look into Her Eyes" and "That's What She Said", Brazilian musician Aitro Moreira played bongo drums, tambourine, berimbau, horse bell, gourd cabasa and other percussion instruments.
In the United States, the album peaked at number 169 on the Billboard 200 and at number 36 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.