R.I.P. George Duke

[Tim Hodges]

George Duke Dies Aged 67

[pianotuner steveo]

Oh man...... Way too young

[bruitator]

 
Very young and so good music.
RIP Georges

[okdk]

One of the greatest keyboard players ever, I consider myself fortunate to have seen him so many times.

[yorgatron]

 

[Rob A]

A great loss.

[paulmulligan]

A great loss to keyboard players everywhere. George Duke was the man that made the synthesizer a lead guitar.He had an unbelievable sense of timing and was ahead of his time using the arp and mini moog  as the lead instrument and producing an amazing range of tonalities.One of the few players that  employed the wah wah pedal with the lead synth while he pitch bended., and what a brilliant bender he was. The only other player as good at this would be Jan Hammer yet George masterfully  added the feel of the Blues on top of his funky ,jazzy and Latin excursions. Pesonally I found his music wonderfully healing.He was one of the best multi keyboardists of the century.