George Duke

George M. Duke (January 12, 1946 – August 5, 2013) was an American keyboard pioneer, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer.He worked with numerous artists as arranger, music director, writer and co-writer, record producer and as a professor of music.He first made a name for himself with the album The Jean-Luc Ponty Experience with the George Duke Trio.He was known primarily for thirty-odd solo albums, of which A Brazilian Love Affair from 1980 was his most popular, as well as for his collaborations with other musicians, particularly Frank Zappa.