The legendary keyboardist 67 years old, composer, and singer George Duke died on August 5, 2013. He suffered from chronic lymphocytic leukemia. In his long career, music legend has been played with a series of jazz and great pop such as Miles Davis, Michael Jackson and French violin player Jean Luc Ponty. The two musicians recorded an album in 1969. His work on the album “Off The Wall” Michael Jackson made him a Grammy award. Geoge is a record producer and writer for the album Miles Davis Tutu and Amandla. He also had his own solo career in the 70s with a single range for that who was peak number 2 in Bagan R&B Billboard. The composition has been displayed in various movie soundtracks, video games and samples by artists such as Daft Punk, Mylo, Common, Kanye West and Ice Cube. In 2007 he worked on Jill Scott’s third album, The Real Thing: Words and Sound Volume 3. His net worth is $ 9 million from royalties and years of tour.
George was born in San Rafael California in 1946. As a child he fell in love with music and practiced several Kuningan, Trombon, Trompean, and Saksophone instruments in secondary schools. He continued to develop his musical skills and gained a bachelor’s degree in a thrombon composition from San Francisco Conservatory. While working towards his master’s degree at San Francisco State University Duke was playing a local bar in the city. He cooperated with several bands and traveling throughout California playing free performances at the festival. George also uses formal education to teach courses about Jazz and American culture in Merritt Junior College in Oakland.
