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    • George Duke - US musician George Duke performs at the The Hague Jazz festival at the World Forum Convention Center in The Hague, on May 23, 2009.
    • George Duke - US piano and synthesizer pioneer George Duke smiles during the final jam at the opening-night concert in the 40th Montreux Jazz festival on late 30 June 2006 in Montreux. The night was a tribute to the founder of the celebrated music label Atlantic Records, Turkish-born Ahmet Ertegun.  AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI
(Photo credit should read FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images)
    • George Duke - US piano and synthesizer pioneer George Duke gestures during the final jam at the opening-night concert in the 40th Montreux Jazz festival on late 30 June 2006 in Montreux. The night was a tribute to the founder of the celebrated music label Atlantic Records, Turkish-born Ahmet Ertegun.  AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI
(Photo credit should read FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images)
    George Duke showed a great deal of promise early in his career as a jazz pianist and keyboardist, but has forsaken that form to be a pop producer. Inspired early on by Les McCann, he worked with a trio in San Francisco during the mid-'60s. In 1969, Duke accompanied Jean-Luc Ponty, recording with the violinist. After eight months with the Don Ellis Orchestra, he joined Frank Zappa for much of 1970. ...more


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