Keyboard ace George Duke, a longtime favorite in the jazz/fusion world, passed away this morning, August 6, after a long illness. Best-known for his collaborations with Frank Zappa and Stanley Clarke ...

"1, 2, to the Bass" Epic KEIKO MATSUI "The Piano" Shout Prolific keyboardist and producer George Duke is so closely associated with smooth jazz and similarly homogenized R&B that it's easy to forget ...

The first is that, many years ago when I was first trying to learn about jazz and how to play with other musicians, hearing George Duke helped me to understand that being a good player wasn't just ...