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News |  07 Aug 2013 21:25 |  By RnMTeam

Jazz keyboardist George Duke dies at 67

MUMBAI: Jazz keyboardist, producer and Grammy winner George Duke, at 67, died at the St.John’s Hospital in Los Angeles.

With more than 30 solo albums, Duke was a veteran musician across genres like Funk, R ‘n’ B, Jazz and more. He has collaborated with Frank Zappa during the 1970s. His music has been sampled by well known artists like Kanye West and Ice Cube. He has also featured on the Grammy award-winning-siger-songwriter, Jill Scott’s,  third album His latest album, ‘Dream Weaver’, which was released in July, is a tribute to his wife Corine, who died of cancer last year.

His international breakout album was 1969's ‘The Jean-Luc Ponty Experience with The George Duke Trio,’ which is considered as one of the first fusion jazz recordings, combining jazz with the electric violin of the French virtuoso Ponty. Duke's albums ‘Faces in Reflection,’ ‘The Aura Will Prevail’ and ‘Liberated Fantasies,’ all released in the 1970s, are considered classics of jazz-funk fusion.

As per reports, the news was confirmed by Scherrie Payne, former Sipremes singer. Duke has two sons, Rasheed and John, and was scheduled to perform with his band early September in Los Angeles.

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