He appeared on a number of Zappa's albums in the early and mid-1970s, including Chunga's Revenge, 200 Motels, Waka/Jawaka, The Grand Wazoo, Apostrophe, One Size Fits All, Bongo Fury and Roxy & Elsewhere. Duke's other high-profile collaborators include Jean-Luc Ponty, Stanley Clarke, Billy Cobham, Cannonball Adderley, his cousin Dianne Reeves, Deniece Williams, Jeffrey Osborne, George Clinton, Anita Baker, Regina Belle, Rachelle Ferrell, Marilyn Scott and Mike Mainieri's fusion group Steps Ahead, for whom he produced the track "Magnetic Love." He also served as a producer and composer for two instrumental tracks on Miles Davis albums: "Backyard Ritual" (from Tutu, 1986) and "Cobra" (from Amandla, 1989). He has also worked with a number of notable Brazilian musicians, including singer Milton Nascimento, percussionist Airto Moreira and singer Flora Purim. Sheila E appeared on Duke's late-1970s solo albums Don't Let Go and Master of the Game.
Duke had been fairly visible in the R&B world thanks to funk gems like "Reach for It" and "Dukey Stick" when in 1979 he ventured to Rio to record probably his best known album called, 'A Brazilian Love Affair'. He employed singers Flora Purim and Milton Nascimento and percussionist Airto Moreira. Although not the return to instrumental jazz some hoped it would be, this musical effort does contain its share of jazz-influenced material. From a jazz standpoint, the album's most noteworthy songs include Nascimento's "Cravo e Canela," "Love Reborn," and the exuberant "Up from the Sea It Arose and Ate Rio in One Swift Bite." From the same album came the charming gem "Brazilian Sugar" which was featured on the 2006 video game Dead or Alive Xtreme 2. Meanwhile, Nascimento's vocal on the ballad "Ao Que Vai Nascer" is a fine example of Brazilian pop at its most sensuous. However one labels or categorizes this music, the album is clearly a labor of love from start to finish.
Duke has also worked as musical director at numerous large-scale musical events, including the Nelson Mandela tribute concert at Wembley Stadium, London in 1988. In 1989, he temporarily replaced Marcus Miller as musical director of NBC's acclaimed late-night music performance program Sunday Night during its first season.[1] Duke was also a judge for the 2nd annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers. [2]
Duke's songs have been used by a wide variety of contemporary musicians in a wide array of genres. These include: "I Love You More", sampled by house music-act Daft Punk for their hit "Digital Love"; "Guilty", sampled by electronica music artist Mylo in his song "Guilty of Love"; "For Love", sampled by underground hip hop artist MF Doom on his track "I Hear Voices"; "Someday", sampled by hip hop artist/producer Kanye West for Common in "Break My Heart" on his "Finding Forever" album; "You and Me", sampled and used by soul/rhythm and blues influenced hip hop-produer 9th Wonder for his collaboration album with Kaze (rapper) for the track "Spirit Of '94" on the album "Spirit Of '94: Version 9.0".
Recently Duke worked with Jill Scott on the 3rd single from her sophomore album "Whenever You're Around". Since it was released it has peaked at #56 on U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks.
Website http://www.georgeduke.com
GEORGE DUKE - The Inner Source - 1971
1 . Au-Right
2 . Love Reborn
3 . Peace
4 . So there you go
5 . The Followers
6 . Solus
7 . Nigerian Numberuma
8 . My Soul
9 . The Inner Source
10 . Life
11 . Some Time Ago
12 . Feels so good
13 . Manya
14 . Sweet Bite
15 . Twenty-Five
16 . Always Constant
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GEORGE DUKE - Faces In Reflection - 1974
1 . The Opening
2 . Capricorn
3 . Piano Solo 1
4 . Piano Solo 2
6 . Faces in Reflection No. 1 (Instrumental)
7 . Maria Tres Filhos
8 . North Beach
9 . Da Somba
10 . Faces in Reflection No. 2 (Vocal)
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GEORGE DUKE - Feel - 1974
1 . Funny Funk
2 . Love
3 . The Once Over
4 . Feel
5 . Cora Jobege
6 . Old Slippers
7 . Theme from the Opera
8 . Yana Aminah
9 . Rashid
10 . Statement
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GEORGE DUKE - I Love The Blues, She Heard My Cry - 1975
1 . Chariot
2 . Look Into Her Eyes
3 . Sister Serene
4 . That's What She Said
5 . Mashavu
6 . Rokkinrowl
7 . Prepare Yourself
8 . Giant Child Within Us - Ego
9 . Someday
10 . I Love The Blues, She Heard My Cry
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GEORGE DUKE - Liberated Fantasies - 1976
1 . Don't Be Shy
2 . Seeing You
3 . Back To Where We Never Left
4 . What The...
5 . Tryin' & Cryin'
6 . I C'n Hear That
7 . After The Love
8 . Tzina (Excerpts From Act II Scene II)
9 . Liberated Fantasies
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GEORGE DUKE - Live On Tour In Europe - 1976
1 . Hip Pockets
2 . Ivory Tattoo
3 . Space Lady
4 . Almustafa The Beloved
5 . Do What Cha Wanna
6 . Frankenstein Goes To The Disco
7 . Sweet Wine
8 . Juicy
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GEORGE DUKE - The 1976 Solo Keyboard Album - 1976
1 . Mr. Mc Freeze
2 . Love Reborn
3 . Excerpts From The Opera Tzina
4 . Spock Gets Funki
5 . Pathways
6 . Vulcan Mind Probe
7 . The Dream That Ended
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GEORGE DUKE - The Aura Will Prevail - 1976
1 . Dawn
2 . For Love
3 . Foosh
4 . Floop De Loop
5 . Malibu
6 . Fools
7 . Echidna's Arf
8 . Uncle Remus
9 . The Aura
10 . For Love (I Come Your Friend) Outtake
11 . Unknown – Outtake
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GEORGE DUKE - From Me to You - 1977
1 . From me to you
2 . Carry On
3 . What do they really fear
4 . 'scuse me Miss
5 . You and Me
6 . Broken Dreams
7 . Up On It
8 . Seasons
9 . Down in It
10 . Sing It
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GEORGE DUKE - Reach for it - 1977
1 . The Beginning
2 . Lemme At It
3 . Hot Fire
4 . Reach For It
5 . Just For You
6 . Omi (Fresh Water)
7 . Searchin' My Mind
8 . Watch Out Baby
9 . Diamonds
10 . The End
11 . Bring It On Home
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GEORGE DUKE - Don't Let Go - 1978
1 . We Give Our Love
2 . Morning Sun
3 . Percussion Interlude
4 . Dukey Stick
5 . Starting Again
6 . Yeah, We Going
7 . Way I Feel
8 . Movin' On
9 . Don't Let Go
10 . Preface
11 . Future
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GEORGE DUKE - A Brazilian Love Affair - 1979
1 . Brazilian Love Affair
2 . Summer Breezin'
3 . Cravo E Canela
4 . Alone-6AM
5 . Brazilian Sugar
6 . Sugar Loaf Mountain
7 . Love Reborn
8 . Up From the Sea It Arose and Ate Rio in One Swift Bite
9 . I Need You Now
10 . Ao Que Vai Nascer
11 . Caxanga
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GEORGE DUKE - Follow The Rainbow - 1979
1 . Party Down
2 . Say That You Will
3 . Funkin' For The Thrill
4 . Sunrise
5 . Festival
6 . I Am For Real
7 . Straight From The Heart
8 . Corine
9 . Pluck
10 . Follow The Rainbow
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GEORGE DUKE - Master Of The Game - 1979
1 . Look What You Find
2 . Every Little Step I Take
3 . Games
4 . I Want You For Myself
5 . In The Distance
6 . I Love You More
7 . Dog-Man
8 . Everybody's Talkin'
9 . The Alien
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GEORGE DUKE - Dream On - 1982
1 . Shine On
2 . You
3 . Dream On
4 . I Will Always Be Your Friend
5 . Framed
6 . Ride On Love
7 . Son Of Reach For It (The Funky Dream)
8 . Someday
9 . Positive Energy
10 . Let Your Love Shine
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GEORGE DUKE - Guardian Of The Light - 1983
1 . Overture
2 . Light
3 . Shane
4 . Born To Love You
5 . Silly Fightin
6 . You (Are The Light)
7 . The War Fugue Interlude
8 . Reach Out
9 . Give Me Your Love
10 . Stand
11 . Soon
12 . Celebrate
13 . Fly Away
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GEORGE DUKE - Rendez-vous - 1984
1 . Got To Get Back To Love
2 . Stay Awhile
3 . Secret Rendezvous
4 . Thinking Of You
5 . Take It On
6 . She Can Wait Forever
7 . Better Ways
8 . Your Life
9 . Ipanema Lady
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GEORGE DUKE - George Duke - 1986
1 . Broken Glass
2 . I Just Want To be In Your Life
3 . Good Friend
4 . So Mean To me
5 . Stand With Your man
6 . Island Girl
7 . King For A Day
8 . The Morning, You & Love
9 . I Can Make It Better
10 . African Violet
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GEORGE DUKE - Night After Night - 1989
1 Miss Wriggle
2 Children Of The Night
3 Love Ballad
4 Guilty
5 Same Ole Love
6 Say Hello
7 You Are The Only One In My Life
8 Brazilian Coffee
9 This Lovin'
10 Mystery Eyes
11 560 SL
12 Fuzzzion
13 Rise Up
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GEORGE DUKE - Snapshot - 1992
1 From The Void
2 History (I Remember)
3 Snapshot
4 No Rhyme, No Reason
5 6 O'Clock
6 Ooh Baby
7 Fame
8 Geneva
9 Speak Low
10 Keeping Love Alive
11 Until Sunrise
12 Bus Tours
13 In The Meantime
14 The Morning After
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GEORGE DUKE - The Jean-Luc Ponty with the George Duke Trio - 1993
1 Foosh
2 Pamukkale
3 Contact
4 Cantaloupe Island
5 Starlight, Starbright
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GEORGE DUKE - Illusions - 1995
1 Genesis
2 500 Miles To Go
3 411
4 Love Can Be So Cold
5 Illusions
6 The Simple Things
7 Life And Times
8 Look What We Started Now
9 C'est La Vie
10 Buffalo Soldiers
11 Money
12 No Greater Love
13 So I'll Pretend
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GEORGE DUKE - Greatest Hits - 1996
1 Dukey Stick
2 Reach For It
3 Searchin' My Mind
4 Mothership Connection
5 Sweet Baby
6 Starting Again
7 Lady
8 Shine On
9 Just For You
10 Movin' On
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GEORGE DUKE - Is Love Enough? - 1997
1 Into the Future (Prelude)
2 Is Love Enough?
3 It's Summertime
4 Love Songs
5 It's Our World
6 Fill the Need
7 Kinda Low
8 Time and Space (Interlude)
9 Back in the Day
10 This Place I Call Home
11 How About You?
12 Laid Back Sunday
13 Thinkin' 'Bout You
14 I'm Falling
15 Whatever Happened To...
16 Back from the Future [Postlude]
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GEORGE DUKE - After Hours - 1998
1 Rush Hour/Road Rage
2 After Dinner Drink
3 Anticipation
4 The Touch
5 It's On
6 Together As One
7 From Dusk To Dawn
8 Peace
9 Sweet Dreams
10 Wake Me Gently
11 My Bells
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GEORGE DUKE - Cool - 2000
1 Marin City
2 Wake Up , Smell The Coffee
3 She's Amazing
4 If You Will
5 Never Be Another
6 Ancient Source
7 Only You Understand
8 If He Ain't Mr. Right (Then He's Mr. Wrong)
9 Sexy Cool
10 All About You
11 Whatever It Takes
12 The Times We've Known
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GEORGE DUKE - Face The Music - 2002
1 The Black Messiah (Part Two)
2 Chillin'
3 My Piano
4 Guess You're Not The One
5 Let's Roll
6 Ain't It Funky Now
7 Close To You (Featuring Kirk Whalum)
8 Another Way To Look At It
9 Creepin'
10 Ten Mile Jog
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GEORGE DUKE - Duke - 2005
1 Trust
2 I Wanna Know
3 Superwoman
4 No One
5 T-Jam
6 Somebody's Body
7 Sausalito
8 Saturday Night
9 In Between the Heartaches
10 Hybrids
11 Homeland
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GEORGE DUKE - In A Mellow Tone - 2006
1 In A Mellow Tone
2 For All We Know
3 Never Will I Marry
4 Spring Is Here
5 Sweet Baby
6 Down The Road
7 So Many Stars
8 So I'll Pretend
9 Quiet Fire
10 Just Because
11 I Loves You Porgy
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GEORGE DUKE - Ultimate George Duke - 2007
1 Reach For It
2 Dukey Stick
3 Say That You Will
4 Brazilian Love Affair
5 Love Ballad
6 Same Ole Love
7 No Rhyme, No Reason
8 6 O'clock
9 Love Can Be So Cold
10 She's Amazing
11 My Piano
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GEORGE DUKE - Dukey Treats - 2008
1 Everyday Hero
2 I Tried To Tell You
3 A Fonk Tail
4 Dukey Treats
5 Listen Baby
6 Mercy
7 Somebody Laid It On Us
8 Creepin' (ghoulie remix)
9 Right On Time
10 Sudam
11 Are You Ready
12 Images Of Us
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