George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough · TheSportsDB · Courtesy of TheSportsDB
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 11
Top works
- Winds of Megiddo
- Silver Nuggets
- Conspiracy Conspiracy Conspiracy
- Dummett on Abstract Objects
- Aristotle and Law
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jazzfunkFusionSmooth Jazzjazz piano
George Duke (b. 12 Jan 1946 in San Rafael, CA, USA - d. 5 Aug 2013 in Los Angeles, CA), was a pianist and synthesizer pioneer, who also majored in the trombone. Early influences: Les McCann and cousin Charles Burrell. First gig was with the house band at the Half Note club and with vocal band Third Wave in 1968, from there he backed such musicians as Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Dorham and Don Ellis, playing session musician on Jean-Luc Pontys Pacific Jazz Albums.1970 was a milestone for Duke playing
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- Sport
- Cricket
- Position
- Cricketer
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- George
- Family name
- Duke
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Chichester
- Place of death
- Worthing
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- AFC Bournemouth
- Position played
- goalkeeper
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- date of death
- 1988-03-19
- date of birth
- 1920-09-06
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