Genres: Funk, Instrumental Pop, Jazz-Pop, Crossover Jazz, Post-Disco Active: 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000's Born: January 12, 1946 in San Rafael, CA
Igor Stravinsky, Les McCann, Ahmad Jamal, Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, Cal Tjader, David "Fathead" Newman, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Frank Zappa, Duke Ellington, McCoy Tyner, Milton Nascimento, Horace Silver, Ray Charles, Ramsey Lewis Patrice Rushen, Joe Sample, Alex Bugnon, Joe Zawinul, Chick Corea, Bob James, Jorge Dalto, Edwin Birdsong, Twennynine, Don Blackman, Michael Wycoff Zo!, Jan Hammer, Mike Catalano, Alvin Frazier, Walter Afanasieff, Alan Palanker, David Foster, Niacin, David Benoit, Gazzara, Bugz in the Attic, Baatin, Incognito, Kenny G |  |
George Duke is an accomplished keyboardist, producer, arranger, bandleader, and composer. He has been successful in both popular music and jazz, and has straddled both sides of that aisle for most of his career. Duke grew up in Marin City, CA, and in high school played in his first jazz group. His early influences were Miles Davis, Les McCann, and Cal Tjader, all of whom played a role in the diversity of his composing, playing, and arranging. After graduating from high school, he attended the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and majored in trombone and composition with a minor in contrabass; he received his bachelor's degree in music in 1967. He continued his studies at San Francisco State University, where he earned a master's degree, and briefly taught at Merritt Junior College in Oakland. While in school, Duke was part of a house band at San Francisco's Half Note with Al Jarreau. The band backed some of the biggest names in jazz, including Sonny Rollins and Dexter Gordon.
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Release: August 10, 2010
Label: Telarc Jazz
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Release: August 18, 2009
Label: Beat Goes On
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