george duke RIP

This week shouldn't go by without notice of the sad news of George Duke's passing on August 5th. Not just a pioneer of the keyboard he was an arranger, music director, writer and co-writer, record producer and professor of music.
For rock fans he'll always be remembered for the dozen or more records he recorded with Frank Zappa throughout the 70's, Chunga's Revenge, Waka Jawaka, The Grand Wazoo, Over Nite Sensation, Apostophe and Bongo Fury are just some of the Zappa albums George featured on and went on to reach millions of listeners.
At the age of 67 there should have had many more success' before him. It's a sad loss.
Here's George taking a solo during Zappa's 'Cosmik Debris' ('Apostrophe' album, 1974).