George Duke

keyboards, vocals, keytar · 1946–2013 · San Rafael (California)

Keyboardist who played with Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention and Cannonball Adderley's group, George Duke then pursued his own jazz-funk career and a duo with Stanley Clarke. In the 1980s, he produced Anita Baker, Gladys Knight, and Smokey Robinson, among others.

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Styles

• Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk

Landmark tracks

• Reach for It (1977)

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