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Born 12th Jan 1946, San Rafael, California.
George Duke is a pianist and synthesizer pioneer, who also majored in the trombone. Early influences: Les McCann and cousin Charles Burrell. First gig was with the house band at the Half Note club and with vocal band Third Wave in 1968, from there he backed such musicians as Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Dorham and Don Ellis, playing session musician on Jean-Luc Pontys Pacific Jazz Albums.1970 was a milestone for Duke playing on The Mothers of Invention album 200 Motels.
He then went on to join Cannonball Adderleys Quintet recording at least six albums with Cannonball.Further collaberations with Zappa and Billy Cobham came his first venture into the charts with “Reach for It” and “Dukey Stick”.Reverting back to his jazz roots his “Brazilian Love Affair” album even impressed his jazz critics after many accused him of selling out to pop.

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1	Brazilian Love Affair full track	272
2	I Love You More full track	214
3	Sausalito	159
4	Reach For It full track	137
5	Dukey Stick full track	132
6	Summer breezin' full track	90
7	Shine On full track	86
8	Reach Out full track	73
9	Sugar Loaf Mountain full track	71
10	I Want You For Myself full track	66
11	North Beach full track	55
12	Sweet baby full track	50
13	Someday full track	45
14	Brazilian Sugar full track	44
15	T-Jam	40

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cutemoe1 wrote:
last week

When reach for it come on,it's hard to stay still. That beat is mean.

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catdog707 wrote:
last week

George duke and bootsy, this dukey stick when funk

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bengtisak wrote:
September 2008

http://www.westcoast-music.com http://westcoast-aor.ning.com

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deweysax wrote:
July 2008

U should listen to his upcoming CD ... FFFFFUNKY !! Try it on his official web site ...

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zackgress wrote:
July 2008

Follow the Rainbow!

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zackgress wrote:
May 2008

it's all about Someday for me

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Srananbloke wrote:
April 2008

I ♥ Reach Out

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soulfinger wrote:
December 2007

Y'all need to check out Searchin' My Mind. Pretty sweet song.

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Jimmert wrote:
October 2007

ofcourse we are. however, i kinda liked that song, and i tend to listen to more of his stuff in the future.

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zackgress wrote:
August 2007

pure cheese

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deweysax wrote:
May 2007

He is DA MAN !! He is so creative, so talented ...

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Bobrm2k3 wrote:
April 2007

Yeah, pretty much, if it weren't for Daft Punk I'd have never heard of George Duke at all.

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J-Rock79 wrote:
March 2007

Cmon guys, fess up. You're listening to I Love You More to catch the Daft Punk samples aren't ya? Me too.

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Hadora wrote:
January 2007

Reach Out is underlistened ..

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bigsexyshaq wrote:
June 2006

Greatest bandleader of the 30's.

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