George Duke (Composer) - Age, Birthday, Bio, Facts, Family, Net Worth, Height & More

George M. Duke is an American keyboardist, musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer. He has worked with many artists as a choreographer, music director, writer and co-author, record producer and music teacher. He first made a name for himself with the album The Jean-Luc Ponty Experience with the George Duke Trio. He is known for about 30 solo albums, of which A Brazilian Love Affair in 1979 is his most famous, as well as collaborations with other musicians, especially Frank Zappa.

Born	January 12, 1946, San Rafael, California, U.S.
Died	August 5, 2013, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres	Jazz fusion, R&B, funk, progressive rock, rock and roll, jazz rock, post-disco, smooth jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer, musical director, producer, educator
Instruments	Vocals, piano, synthesizer, saxophone, keytar, flute, bass guitar, trombone
Years active	1966–2013
Labels	Pacific Jazz, IBis RecordingsPickwick, MPS, SABA, Atlantic, Epic, Elektra, Warner Bros, Bizarre World, Telarc Jazz
Associated acts	[Pete Magadini (musician)[John Heard (musician)\|John Heard]], Frank Zappa, Cannonball Adderley, Nat Adderley, Stanley Clarke, Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, Lynn Davis, Napoleon Murphy Brock, Sheila Escovedo, Flora Purim
Website	[georgeduke.com]

Composer George Duke was born on January 12, 1946 in San Rafael, California, United States (He dies at the age of 67, on August 5, 2013).

Jazz fusion pioneer whose early fusion jazz CD,"The ^ViolinistJean-Luc Ponty Experience with the ^ComposerGeorge Duke Trio", wowed listeners. He and ^GuitaristFrank Zappa had collaborated for a long time.

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George Duke was born in the Zodiac sign Capricorn (The Sea-Goat), and 1946 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Dog (狗).

He earned a bachelor's degree in composition from the San Francisco Conservatory in 1967.

He was inducted into the SoulMusic Hall of Fame in December 2012.

He was married to his wife Corine for 40 years until she died of cancer-related complications in 2012. He died in 2013 from chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Their two sons were Rashid and John.

George Duke on Facebook: @GeorgeDukeMusic.

He provided original songs to ^{Pop Singer}Michael Jackson's"Off the Wall" album.

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