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Born: Jul 29, 1945 in Philadelphia, PA Died: Jul 22, 2008 in Woodbury, CT Genres: Jazz Styles: Fusion, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Guitar Jazz, Jazz-Funk, Soul Jazz, Mainstream Jazz Instruments: Guitar
Studio and session guitarist Joe Beck was well known for hits when backing vocalist Esther Phillips on Kudu in the '70s, although his session credentials over the years also included the likes of Miles Davis, James Brown, Paul Simon, Frank Sinatra, and Gil Evans. During the '80s he made a series of competent fusion and pop-jazz recordings for DMP and had a big hit recording with Dave Sanborn on CTI in 1975. His career continued into the '90s and beyond with albums like 1991's Relaxin', 1997's Alto, and his 2000 collaboration with Jimmy Bruno, Polarity. Beck was active throughout most of the new millennium's first decade with recordings on a variety of labels, including a number of CDs on Whaling City Sound, such as 2002's Just Friends, 2007's Tri07, 2008's Coincidence (a duo recording with John Abercrombie), and 2009's Golden Earrings. The latter album, featuring Beck and singer Laura Theodore performing music made famous by singer Peggy Lee, proved to be Beck's final recording - the guitarist was diagnosed with lung cancer soon after work on Golden Earrings had been completed and died from complications of the disease in July 2008 at age 62.
- Ron Wynn (All Music Guide)
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CD коллекции, связанные с исполнителем: |
как основной исполнитель ... |
Joe Beck - 'Beck' - 2002, King |
Joe Beck - 'Finger Painting' - 1995, Wavetone |
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Jimmy Bruno - 'Polarity' - 2000, Concord Jazz |
Jay Leonhart - 'Four Duke' - 1995, LaserLight |
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Gato Barbieri - 'Fenix' - 1971, RCA Victor |
James Brown - 'Get On The Good Foot' - 1972, Polydor Ltd. |
Miles Davis - 'Circle In The Round' - 1979, Columbia, Legacy |
Nnenna Freelon - 'Maiden Voyage' - 1998, Concord Jazz |
Nnenna Freelon - 'Soulcall' - 2000, Concord Jazz |
Chico Hamilton - 'Thoughts Of..' - 2002, Koch |
Woody Herman - 'Giant Steps' - 1994, Fantasy, OJC |
Quincy Jones - 'Smackwater Jack' - 1971, A&M |
Earl Klugh - 'Wishful Thinking' - 2007, Mosaic Contemporary |
Helen Merrill - 'Collaboration: Helen Merrill - Gil Evans' - 1988, Nippon Phonogram |
Esther Phillips - 'For All We Know' - 2001, King |
Buddy Rich - 'Ease On Down The Road' - 1989, LRC Records, Denon |
Buddy Rich - 'The Roar Of '74' - 1973, MCR |
Paul Simon - 'One-Trick Pony' - 1980, Legacy |
Paul Simon - 'Still Crazy After All These Years' - 1975, Legacy |
Bobby Timmons - 'Quartets And Orchestra' - 2001, Milestone |
Bill Watrous - 'Manhattan Wildlife Refug' - 1974, Wounded Bird |