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- Birth nameGeorge Mac Duke
- George Duke is an American keyboardist, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer.
He worked with numerous artists as arranger, music director, writer and co-writer, record producer and as a professor of music. He first made a name for himself with the album The Jean-Luc Ponty Experience with the George Duke Trio. He was known primarily for thirty-odd solo albums, of which A Brazilian Love Affair from 1979 was his most popular, as well as for his collaborations with other musicians, particularly Frank Zappa.
- IMDb mini biography by: Tango Papa
- SpouseCorine Salanga(? - July 8, 2012) (her death, 2 children)
- ChildrenJohnRashid
- ParentsTadd DukeBeatrice Burrell
- RelativesCharles Burrell(Cousin)Dianne Reeves(Cousin)
- Joined Frank Zappa's group in 1970.
- Resident pianist at the Half Note, 1965-67.
- He and wife Corine had two sons, John and Rashid.
- Graduated with a Bachelor in Music from San Francisco Conservatory in 1967.
- Cousin of Dianne Reeves, and Charles Burrell.
- [on being told he could study music] I don't remember it too well, but my mother told me I went crazy. I ran around saying, 'Get me a piano! Get me a piano!'
- I really think it's possible (and still do) to make good music and be commercial at the same time. I believe it is the artist's responsibility to take the music to the people. Art for art's sake is nice; but if art doesn't communicate, then its worth is negated. It has not fulfilled its destiny.
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