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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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- A short history of<i>SHELX</i>
· 2007 · cited 79,940x
- Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test
· 1997 · cited 48,627x
- Crystal structure refinement with<i>SHELXL</i>
· 2015 · cited 40,878x
- <i>SHELXT</i>– Integrated space-group and crystal-structure determination
· 2015 · cited 27,634x
- A new and rapid colorimetric determination of acetylcholinesterase activity
· 1961 · cited 23,200x
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Duke
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- San Rafael
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- record producer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- post-bop
- Instrument
- synthesizer
- Record label
- Pacific Jazz Records
- Official website
- www.georgeduke.com
- Image
- Stanley Clarke and George Duke.jpg
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- name in native language
- George Mac Duke
- Commons category
- George Duke
- date of birth
- 1946-01-12
- date of death
- 2013-08-05
- cause of death
- leukemia
- manner of death
- natural causes
- influenced by
- Miles Davis
- start of work period
- 1966-00-00
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- copyright representative
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- place of burial
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to George Duke, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana