George Duke
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Top Albums of the Decade...circumstances, think about this record. If you use your brain to listen to Discovery-with its meaningless lyrics, Barry Manilow and George Duke samples, and influence on an uncountable infinity of bad DJs-you'll get distracted and make an ass... In this article: Kid A, Radiohead, Stankonia, Is This It, FutureSex/LoveSounds, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, In Rainbows, Sufjan Stevens, Justin Timberlake, and R&B |
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Ultimate Guitar | November 16, 2009
Frank Zappa: Bongo Fury [Reviews]
..."Sam With The Showing Scalp Flat Top", and "Man With The Woman Head". Zappa's band is no slouch either, including but not limited to George Duke, Bruce Fowler, Tom Fowler, and Terry Bozzio. The live songs on this album are great, although...
In this article: Frank Zappa, Bongo Fury, Muffin Man, Captain Beefheart, Guitar, Louie Louie, Bruce Fowler, United States, and Tom Fowler
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all about jazz | November 13, 2009
PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Ella! Featuring Dee Dee Bridgewater, Janis Siegel, AL Jarreau, and the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band, Antonio Hart, Music Director
...A-Tasket," Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You," and Midnight Sun," plus special vocal duets--with world premiere arrangements by George Duke--harkening back to the Verve recordings of Ella and Louis Armstrong. For this concert, the Kennedy Center...
In this article: Ella Fitzgerald, Janis Siegel, Antonio Hart, Big band, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Al Jarreau, Grammy, Dizzy Gillespie, and Audi
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The State | November 05, 2009
On the Scene: 'Misery' brings sweet dreams of Hollywood
...delivered legends to the Koger Center stage: Roberta Flack, Dianne Reeves, Al Jarreau, Patti Austin, Joe Sample and George Duke have performed at the foundation's annual fundraiser. Instead of one legend in 2010, the foundation...
In this article: Ashford & Simpson, Thomas Jay Ryan, Strange Culture, Dracula, Anna Chlumsky, Hollywood, and Halloween
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all about jazz | October 30, 2009
TV/FILM: Tom Braxton, Featured on Kdaf TV DFW Close up Show and Home Grown Concert
Braxton who was a long time member of Tisdale's band has shared the stage with renowned artists including Dave Koz, Rick Braun, George Duke, Kirk Whalum, Jonathan Butler, Jeff Golub, Marcus Miller and Luther Vandross along with opening...
In this article: Wayman Tisdale, Kdaf-tv, Cancer, Boney James, David Benoit, Jonathan Butler, Rick Braun, and Luther Vandross
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Wikipedia | October 19, 2009
George Duke
...is a piano and synthesizer pioneer and singer. He made a name for himself with the album The Jean-Luc Ponty Experience with the George Duke Trio. He is known for his solo work as well as for his collaborations with other musicians,...
In this article: Milton Nascimento, Flora Purim, Airto Moreira, Frank Zappa, R&B, Dead or Alive Xtreme 2, I Hear Voices, and Digital Love
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all about jazz | October 18, 2009
EVENT: George Duke to Perform Benefit Concert for Bob Moog Foundation and Miuseum of Making Music
...The Museum is located at 5790 Armada Drive in Carlsbad, California, just north of San Deigo. GEORGE DUKE George Duke is a highly acclaimed keyboardist, synthesist and vocalist who has enjoyed a prolific career as an...
In this article: R&B, Museum of Making Music, Carlsbad, California, Keith Emerson, Asheville, NC, Chick Corea, and Jean-Luc Ponty
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washingtonpost.com | October 12, 2009
Ben Williams Wins the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition
...Hancock, Carter and Wayne Shorter; also, McCoy Tyner, Kurt Elling, Jason Moran, Nicholas Payton, Joe Lovano, Terence Blanchard, George Duke and Bobby McFerrin, who brought down the house with his vocal acrobatics on Bud Powell's "Bouncing...
In this article: Oscar, Ron Carter, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Herbie Hancock, Washington, and Hardy Middle School
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all about jazz | October 12, 2009
CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Zappa Vocal Legend Napoleon Murphy Brock to Release Vintage Live Recordings
...Elsewhere', 'One Size Fits All', 'Bongo Fury' and 'Thing Fish', not to mention his work with keyboardist, and fellow Zappa alumni George Duke, as well as the recent incarnation of the Grande Mothers Re-invented. On August 8th, 1973, Frank...
In this article: Frank Zappa, Napoleon Murphy Brock, Hawaii, Hamburg, Germany, Zappa, Coconut, and Europe
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Indy Star | September 09, 2009
Shortridge alums to mark school's rebirth as a magnet
...along with other venues in both cities. Whitted has worked with such renowned artists as Wynton and Branford Marsalis, George Duke, Kirk Whalum, The Temptations, Lou Rawls and Ramsey Lewis. "I feel so honored to be part of the...
In this article: Shortridge High School, Sheraton Hotel, Michael Graves, Dan Burton, Richard Lugar, and Kurt Vonnegut
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NPR | August 30, 2008
George Duke Puts His Stamp On Funk : NPR Music
...he's never done. "I've done little bits and pieces of it, but I've never actually done a George Duke big-band record," Duke says. "I want to put my stamp on that, because I love the whole idea of a bunch of musicians getting together...
In this article: Funk, Sly and the Family Stone, Steroid, Darfur, Sly Stone, Parliament/Funkadelic, James Brown, and Marvin Gaye
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George Duke (born 12 January, 1946 in San Rafael, California) is a piano and synthesizer pioneer and singer. He made a name for himself with the album The Jean-Luc Ponty Experience with the George Duke Trio. He is known for his solo work as well as for his collaborations with other musicians, particularly Frank Zappa.
Duke attended Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley before earning a bachelor's degree in music from the San Francisco Conservatory in 1967.
He appeared on a number of Zappa's albums in the early and mid-1970s, including Chunga's Revenge, 200 Motels, Waka/Jawaka, The Grand Wazoo, Apostrophe, One Size Fits All, Bongo Fury and Roxy & Elsewhere. Duke's other high-profile collaborators include Jean-Luc Ponty, Stanley Clarke, Billy Cobham, Cannonball Adderley, his cousin Dianne Reeves, Deniece Williams, Jeffrey Osborne, George Clinton, Anita Baker, Regina Belle, Rachelle Ferrell, Marilyn Scott and Mike Mainieri's fusion group Steps Ahead, for whom he produced the track "Magnetic Love." He also served as a producer and composer for two instrumental tracks on Miles Davis albums: "Backyard Ritual" (from Tutu, 1986) and "Cobra" (from Amandla, 1989). He has also worked with a number of notable Brazilian musicians, including singer Milton Nascimento, percussionist Airto Moreira and singer Flora Purim. Sheila E appeared on Duke's late-1970s solo albums Don't Let Go and Master of the Game.
Recently Duke worked with Jill Scott on the 3rd single from her sophomore album "Whenever You're Around". Since it was released it has peaked at #89 on U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks.
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