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I met George Duke at Rams Head Onstage in Annapolis MD on September 21, 2006 after his concert there. I showed him the Dual VCO (Voltage Controlled Oscillator) that I designed as part of my plan to construct a complete analog modular music synthesizer system. He was gracious enough to put his autograph on the rear panel of the VCO. The other autographs are from Keith Emerson & Bernie Worrell. George expressed an interest in seeing the entire system whenever I completed it. The Dual VCO is the box on the left in the photo with a Dual Pink/White Noise Generator in the middle & a Dual ADSR Envelope Generator on the right, both of which I also designed & built as well. Eventually I'll complete the entire system.
As a teenager I thought that he would be performing with Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention at the old Capital Center in Largo MD when I saw them there in the early 1980's, but the lineup of The Mothers had changed significantly by that time. I was so disappointed that he was not performing with them at this concert & I thought that I would never get the chance to meet him.
Another great keyboardist gone too soon at age 67 from a form of leukemia.
George Duke, Legendary Jazz Keyboardist, Dies: January 12, 1946 – August 5, 2013
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/08/06/209493274/george-duke-legendary-jazz-keyboardist-dies
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Duke
http://www.georgeduke.com/index.html
RIP George. You are still one of my keyboard heroes.
Logan
In The News
In The News
Fusion innovator and noted jazz musician George Duke passes away
George Duke, keyboardist who crossed genre boundaries, dies at 67
George Duke dies at 67; keyboardist was jazz-fusion pioneer
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-george-duke-20130807,0,4635879.story
Jazz great George Duke played with the Cincinnati Symphony
The George Duke Interview: Funkatopia
http://funkatopia.com/funk-news/the-george-duke-interview/
George Duke puts his stamp on funk
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94103180
George Duke
George Duke, master of the synthesizer and an artist who moved seamlessly between several musical genres passed away on Monday at the age of 67. Growing up in the Bay Area, Duke developed a passion for the piano after seeing Duke Ellington perform as a boy. After graduating from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music he went on the road with Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. Zappa encouraged him to try out the synthesizer and he did just that. Over the next four decades, Duke would release over three dozen albums and collaborate with dozens of performers, including Al Jarreau, Jean-Luc Ponty, Dianne Reeves, and Cannonball Adderley. Commenting on his mix of musical sensibility, Duke once noted "I really think it's possible (and still do) to make good music and be commercial at the same time. I believe it is the artist's responsibility to take the music to the people." [KMG]
The first link will take visitors to a piece from the New York Times' William Yardley on Duke's passing. The second link will lead interested parties to a fine celebration of his life from this Monday's Los Angeles Times. Moving along, the third link will take visitors to an archived interview between Duke and the Cincinnati Inquirer's Janelle Gelfand in 1999. The fourth link showcases another interview, this time from the Funkatopia website including video clips of Duke and his colleagues in performance. Next up, the fifth link leads to a 2008 interview with George Duke from NPR's Weekend Edition and, finally, the last link will take visitors to his official website. Here they can listen to some of his music and learn more about his life.
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