George Duke piano solo

[pianoturnerrobert]

love it!

[alexgowers]

holy crap i really like george but never realised he was such a super talented piano player! jesus

[fedalxis]

@alexgowers He's main business is piano player))

[csj06c]

Duke man..... Damn

[fedalxis]

@412NASA Sweet Baby - one of George's best-known songs.

[SnaggaToothCatFish]

Yes sir George

[IAMALP2010]

Unlike anything I've ever seen or heard in my life. Pure passion behind every stroke MY GOD. LONG LIVE THE KING SIR DUKE.

[panulli4]

pity you cut away the rest of the song :(

[heckto35]

DAMN!!! At 2:32, i thought he was gonna beat the hell outta the piano! Haha, please put up the rest!

[quintinburr]

Hitting those Keys Like Gene Harris

[RXmusic4YOU]

AND THIS CAT IS STANDING UP....SIR DUKE...GENIUS....

[keyzitis]

i just love him so much. I would bake him cakes everyday. I love you George.

[RevoltesocialHipHop]

DOPE !!!!!! LOVE

[drjeffamatrixx]

This is a Yamaha CP80. Peace.

[flamingbalsac1]

@drjeffamatrixx hahahaha your probabaly right... but did you really pause this and count keys? its pretty hard to tell if theres another octave or not. plus Duke was a famous support of the cp 70, and toured with it for his own concerts often. tho this is a zappa show so who is to say what he had. anyways i just thought it funny that you found the need to say that.

[drjeffamatrixx]

@flamingbalsac1 Duke was a famous support of the CP70 back in the 70's, but this concert is almost 1984 and it's very easy to tell that this is a Yamaha CP80, because of the lowest A note and the B flat next to it. You can also hear the upper notes that the CP70 doesn't have, and, mainly, because I also own a CP80 here in my studio. No need to pause the video at all, to figure it out. I don't find it "funny" to say that, I just saw the CP70 mentioned, but in this video, he plays the CP80. :-)

[JonP1961]

2:32 - that poor instrument. he beats the fool out of it. awesome!

[devolve42]

This is be-bop, even if you think it doesn't sound like that.

[fedalxis]

@devolve42 of course. be-bop + blues. who's sparring?

[djmopular]

@fedalxis It's a quote from a Frank Zappa song that George Duke plays on.

[sgttorre]

@devolve42 Hey man, can u tell me the title of the song ? This man is unique. He has always been though. God bless.

[SoDirtyYetSoClean]

Haha by no means is this bebop.

[Brincandopabajo]

ultra great!!!

[dfam35]

George Duke is hilarious @0:44! He entertains you with the facial expressions and allows you to feel the emotion of the music throughout his solo, those chord progressions, leading to the rumbling and rumbling, only to "explode" @2:40! Takes a one sec breather, goes back and does that spontaneous Zappa thing, whispers and lets us know @3:06 that the "show" is over, it's time to prepare for "Sweet Baby!" He's very expressive, not only in his music, but his gestures are priceless!!!

[BenJogan]

This man is my hero!!!

[Chrls5]

is there any DVD of this i would like to buy it,, mybe on amazon or something, i dont know,, what's the name of it?!!?!?!? so so so Damn nice!!!

[fedalxis]

@Chrls5 "George Duke Band: Live at Shibuya Public Hall - Tokyo, Japan 1983"

but its the only such a solo in this concert.

[Teeverd]

Between 1:04 and 1:17 it's Gm11- Am- Bbmaj7-C9; Dbmaj9-Db/Eb-Db/F-Gbmaj9; Bm11-C#m-Dmaj7-E; Am9-G/B-Cmaj7-Eb/Db... or at least very close to that.

[PhuckHue2]

@Teeverd thanks! 

[ju1snm]

About what notes does he play in the 0:21-0:24??? I want to do that!!

[MasterPianoGuy]

@ju1snm pentatonic scale I think

[Saxmaster1230]

@ju1snm Pretty much it's just a descending minor pentatonic scale

[samutec]

PhuckHue2 is ¨sus¨ notes

[PhuckHue2]

any keyboard players out there? what are the chords from 1:04 to 1:17

[Saxmaster1230]

Yes! Thanks for putting this back up ! Grade A Duke