George Duke started his career as a jazz pianist in 1960, but made his name across the boundaries of music, died Monday in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 67.
He had suffered heart complications after treatment for chronic lymphocytic leukemia manager Darryl Porter, who confirmed his death as such.
Name of the instrument, Mr. Duke may be the most closely related also describes his approach to music synthesis, while he remained a figure established in the world of jazz during the past year. He also played keyboards with Frank Zappa and Michael Jackson, to sing at the top of the pop single produced and 20 beat, and blues for the rest of his work has been sampled by hip. hop and electronic, including Daft Punk.
"I was in a rock band that I play with a bunch of Brazilians, I played with Parliament-Funkadelic R & B and all that," he said in an interview before his latest album. "Dreamweaver," was released last month. "I mean, I was doing jazz with Miles Davis and Cannonball Adderley, it was stew beef. It gumbo. ".
Mr. Duke was a little boy asked his mother to buy him a piano after she took him to see the application started playing professionally at the time, many musicians were interested in the mix. He played in all three backed singers Al Jarreau, while he was still a teenager, Gillespie Dizzy ready and jazz musicians the other clubs in San Francisco by In early 1970, he has recorded with Adderley, jazz violinist Jean Luc-Ponty and Zappa's Mothers of Invention (limited to six years with his Zappa reunite with the rest of the band in the documentary film "200 small. ").
Zappa, "told me that one day I should play synthesizers," Mr. Duke has written on his website. "It's as simple as that!" Inciting Zappa said he experimented with a few different types before settling on synthetic Odyssey ARP, "purely to be different from player Jan Hammer Minimoog." Mr. Hammer, a member of the guitar. John McLaughlin's Mahavishnu Orchestra, one of the first jazz rock fusion Marching Band will be widely successful.
As a leader, Mr. Duke focused on mid and late 1970's when the fear groove oriented. His versatility has made him a sought-after collaborator. Working in Rio de Janeiro in 1979, he recorded one of the album's best known for his "love affair Brazil" with singer Milton Nascimento and Flora Purim, he also worked. with a key other fusion including drummer Billy Cobham, with whom he co-leader of the band in 1970, and Stanley Clarke, bass player with whom he formed the Clarke. c / Duke in 1981.
In that time he has become more of a pop act and often played synthesis mobile while standing center stage in concert. Collaboration with Mr Clarke that he wrote and sang "Baby Sweetness" song became a pop hit, his first reached No. 19 on the ARIA singles on Billboard in 1981, shortly thereafter. both were hit again with "Shine" which reached No. 41.
While he was a leader, he continued to participate in the recording sessions for the album were featured, as well as Michael Jackson's "The Wall" and producing other artists in 1984, he produced the. 1 Deniece Williams hit "I heard the boy." Among other singers whose records he produced for Jeffrey Osborne, Angela Bofill with flavors of honey and jazz singer Dianne Reeves. which is his. Cousin
The song "I Love You More" was sampled by Daft Punk for the 2001 hit "Love digital".
Mr. Duke was born on January 12, 1946, in San Rafael, Calif, near San Francisco. He grew up listening to gospel music in the Baptist church his family attended. He graduated from the San Francisco Conservatory in 1967.
Survivors include his two sons, John and wife Corine Rashid died a year ago.
Some critics say that the music of Duke was simply not challenging enough and that he was eager to court a wider audience. He did not agree.
"I think it is possible (and still do) to make the music good and commercial at the same time," said the Duke. "I believe it is the responsibility of the artist to the people. Art for art's a good thing. If art does not communicate, then its value will be negated. It also did not fulfill their destiny. ".
He had suffered heart complications after treatment for chronic lymphocytic leukemia manager Darryl Porter, who confirmed his death as such.
Name of the instrument, Mr. Duke may be the most closely related also describes his approach to music synthesis, while he remained a figure established in the world of jazz during the past year. He also played keyboards with Frank Zappa and Michael Jackson, to sing at the top of the pop single produced and 20 beat, and blues for the rest of his work has been sampled by hip. hop and electronic, including Daft Punk.
"I was in a rock band that I play with a bunch of Brazilians, I played with Parliament-Funkadelic R & B and all that," he said in an interview before his latest album. "Dreamweaver," was released last month. "I mean, I was doing jazz with Miles Davis and Cannonball Adderley, it was stew beef. It gumbo. ".Mr. Duke was a little boy asked his mother to buy him a piano after she took him to see the application started playing professionally at the time, many musicians were interested in the mix. He played in all three backed singers Al Jarreau, while he was still a teenager, Gillespie Dizzy ready and jazz musicians the other clubs in San Francisco by In early 1970, he has recorded with Adderley, jazz violinist Jean Luc-Ponty and Zappa's Mothers of Invention (limited to six years with his Zappa reunite with the rest of the band in the documentary film "200 small. ").
Zappa, "told me that one day I should play synthesizers," Mr. Duke has written on his website. "It's as simple as that!" Inciting Zappa said he experimented with a few different types before settling on synthetic Odyssey ARP, "purely to be different from player Jan Hammer Minimoog." Mr. Hammer, a member of the guitar. John McLaughlin's Mahavishnu Orchestra, one of the first jazz rock fusion Marching Band will be widely successful.
As a leader, Mr. Duke focused on mid and late 1970's when the fear groove oriented. His versatility has made him a sought-after collaborator. Working in Rio de Janeiro in 1979, he recorded one of the album's best known for his "love affair Brazil" with singer Milton Nascimento and Flora Purim, he also worked. with a key other fusion including drummer Billy Cobham, with whom he co-leader of the band in 1970, and Stanley Clarke, bass player with whom he formed the Clarke. c / Duke in 1981.
In that time he has become more of a pop act and often played synthesis mobile while standing center stage in concert. Collaboration with Mr Clarke that he wrote and sang "Baby Sweetness" song became a pop hit, his first reached No. 19 on the ARIA singles on Billboard in 1981, shortly thereafter. both were hit again with "Shine" which reached No. 41.
While he was a leader, he continued to participate in the recording sessions for the album were featured, as well as Michael Jackson's "The Wall" and producing other artists in 1984, he produced the. 1 Deniece Williams hit "I heard the boy." Among other singers whose records he produced for Jeffrey Osborne, Angela Bofill with flavors of honey and jazz singer Dianne Reeves. which is his. Cousin
The song "I Love You More" was sampled by Daft Punk for the 2001 hit "Love digital".
Mr. Duke was born on January 12, 1946, in San Rafael, Calif, near San Francisco. He grew up listening to gospel music in the Baptist church his family attended. He graduated from the San Francisco Conservatory in 1967.
Survivors include his two sons, John and wife Corine Rashid died a year ago.
Some critics say that the music of Duke was simply not challenging enough and that he was eager to court a wider audience. He did not agree.
"I think it is possible (and still do) to make the music good and commercial at the same time," said the Duke. "I believe it is the responsibility of the artist to the people. Art for art's a good thing. If art does not communicate, then its value will be negated. It also did not fulfill their destiny. ".
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