Jazz/funk/R&B musician/producer/composer George Duke passed away in Los Angeles after a long bout with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. The Grammy award winner had recently released his final album, Dreamweaver, on July 16 (which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard‘s contemporary jazz chart) in remembrance of his wife Corine, who passed away last year. During Duke’s four-decade career, he collaborated with the likes of Miles Davis, Michael Jackson, Anita Baker, Deniece Williams, Regina Bell, George Clinton, Frank Zappa, Jill Scott.
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