A Tribute to the late great George Duke

I have been following George Duke since I fell in love with the Brazilian Love Affair in 1979. He is one awesome musician and keyboardist and his love for jazz funk was what brought me into the genre in the 80s. There was his Clarke Duke Project (1981) which produced the hit "Sweet Baby", Dream On (1982) and Thief In The Night (1985). George was a very prolific musician and producer and soon I lost touch with his meanderings into more mainstream stuff.

George Duke passed away on August 5, 2013 but not without leaving us a huge legacy of his contributions for the past almost 50 years. Check out his well written history here and the many albums he has written and produced.



Enjoy this amazing track "So I'll Pretend" featuring his cousin Diane Reeves from the album Illusions produced in 1995.

Light Up The Night - The Brothers Johnson

You can never go wrong with this great R&B album produced by the great Quincy Jones in 1980 who later went on to produce for Michael Jackson's biggest albums. Michael even contributed his signature "woos" in one of the tracks in this one of the finest pre-MJ era funk album!

Light Up the Night