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George Duke showed a great deal of promise early in his career as a jazz pianist and keyboardist, but has forsaken that form to be a pop producer.

If jazz is dead, the nation's capital never got the memo. Despite the lack of a local jazz radio station, plummeting CD sales and a severe recession that has put a raft of jazz festivals around the country out of business, the sound of America's music may be the area's hottest ticket this weekend, as two ongoing festivals fan out across the region.

Several days ago, while watching Marco Benevento fire up his piano on a YouTube video, I got to thinking - who are some of the best keyboardists around right now, the ones who truly bring chops to the table, either via instrumental compositions, or songwriting, or both? I've tried to go less obvious - no one's questioning the skills of Gregg ...

Additionally, Watts has developed and added three new courses to the department's curriculum, including Fretless Bass, Extreme Electric Bass and Studio Bass.

Hailey Niswanger, a 19-year-old WLHS graduate, releases her first album, 'Confeddie,' at Jimmy Mak's jazz club tomorrow night Hailey Niswanger is ready to hit another high note.

A new breed of travel agency has been created to address the demands of Music Lovers who like to Travel, and Travelers who love Music.

At a recent concert led by pianist Kirk Lightsey at New York's Jazz Standard, Billy Kilson played swinging standards and hushed ballads with a fire usually reserved for Cuban fusion or extreme jazz-rock. Displaying remarkable control, power, and dynamics, Kilson also performed with great sensitivity.

London, George Duke is the keeper of the keys More reviews by Jack Massarik One-night stand: George Duke Hard jazz goes in and out of fashion but for its more soulful practitioners life is consistently sweet.

Instead, the 69- year-old singer is inside, sipping tea and nursing a pesky bout of the flu.

Wow. I guess when Festevents decided that when they were going to host the Norfolk Jazz Festival in the newly refurbished Town Point Park that they were not going to half-step with the lineup.

It's time once again to let you know what's been going on over at StLJN's sibling site Heliocentric Worlds , which features a different online music video every day for your listening and viewing pleasure.

Virtuoso piano player George Duke will perform for the first time in Bulgaria on May 17 in Hall 1 of the National Palace of Culture .

Forget that stuff on the radio; this is real, gritty funk. The pianist, synthesizer player and singer-songwriter George Duke was a formidable and seminal figure in rock-jazz fusion in the late 1960s, playing with Jean-Luc Ponty, and performing and recording classic albums with Frank Zappa.

LAST TIME she made headlines she was suffering from dehydration, but at her much-hyped comeback gig this weekend it was very much the opposite problem for singer Amy Winehouse.

AMY Winehouse described it as an "honour" to be playing St Lucia's jazz festival today, as a reward for the locals who have welcomed her.

Heads Up International How do you make one jazz trio different from so many others? Have the diverse stylings of Stanley Clarke}} on bass, the experience of Lenny White on drums and the adventurous spirit of Hiromi on piano.

He wowed the crowd with his usual excellent performance, but on the night before the show, he told Outlook that he was concerned about the standard of music today.

Hampton native Steve Wilson has lent his distinctive sound to more than 100 recordings with such celebrated artists as Chick Corea, George Duke, Dianne Reeves, and many others.

CALL Staff Writer Organizers of Kansas City's blues and jazz festival, Rhythm and Ribs, announced this week that the event will not take place from June 19-20, as planned.

SOURCE: ThinkTank Marketing When a lady has thrived at the epicenter of a musical movement that some initially claimed was not her birthright, and that lady has steadfastly held that legacy down strong for 30 phenomenal years, acknowledgment, respect and celebration are in order.