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ALBUMWhere Does Time Go? (Revisited Version) - SingleWilliam Shatner & George Duke
Albums by George Duke
ALBUMDreamWeaverGeorge Duke
ALBUMDream On (Bonus Track Version)George Duke
ALBUMDéjà VuGeorge Duke
ALBUMDukey TreatsGeorge Duke
ALBUMCoolGeorge Duke
ALBUMAfter HoursGeorge Duke
ALBUMThis Is Jazz, Vol. 37 - George DukeGeorge Duke
ALBUMIs Love Enough?George Duke
ALBUMIllusionsGeorge Duke
ALBUMMuir Woods SuiteGeorge Duke
George Duke's Popular Music Videos
Sweet Baby
George Duke & Stanley Clarke
Love Can Be So Cold
George Duke
Mothership Connection
Stanley Clarke & George Duke
Louie Louie
Stanley Clarke & George Duke
Fame
George Duke
I Just Want to Love You
Stanley Clarke & George Duke
Movin' On
George Duke
Fame
George Duke
Artist Playlists
George Duke Essentials
Cosmic funk and soulful jazz from the smooth fusioneer.
George Duke: Deep Cuts
Funk gives way to the avant-garde.
George Duke: The Session Musicians
The eccentric keyboardist zigzags between funk, jazz, and rock.
Artist Biography
As a singer, keyboardist, writer, and producer, George Duke was truly a musician’s musician, one revered by the many peers and collaborators he attracted from the beginning of his career in California in the late ‘60s up to his death in 2013. Awed by Duke’s mastery of jazz, funk, pop, and R&B, these special fans included not just Cannonball Adderley and Frank Zappa—both of whom hired him for their bands in the ‘70s—but Jean-Luc Ponty, Barry Manilow, and The Pointer Sisters, too. On solo albums like 1975’s The Aura Will Prevail and 1982’s silky Dream On, Duke’s fusion of genres seemed casual yet was bold and complex, providing a template for later mavericks like Thundercat. Duke was an equally smooth operator when it came to his productions for artists such as Al Jarreau and Jeffrey Osborne. Released in 2013, DreamWeaver was a final demonstration of Duke’s exuberance and finesse.
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Genre
Jazz