Joe Beck
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.
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Discography
15 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Coincidence
Jazz - Released by Whaling City Sound on Feb 12, 2008
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Beck & Zoller
Free Jazz & Avant-Garde - Released by Progressive on Apr 20, 2023
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Get Me
Joe Beck, Peter Barshay, David Rokeach
Jazz - Released by Whaling City Sound on Apr 29, 2014
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Tri07
Joe Beck, Santi Dibriano, Thierry Arpino
Jazz - Released by Whaling City Sound on Jan 1, 2007
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Finger Painting
Jazz Fusion & Jazz Rock - Released by Wavetone Records on Jan 1, 1995
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Mike Mainieri & Friends White Elephant
Jazz - Released by NYC Records on May 1, 1972
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Golden Earrings
Jazz - Released by Whaling City Sound on Aug 11, 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Songs for Singing
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Avant Garage on Jan 1, 2007
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What Is My Heart For
Jazz - Released by Whaling City Sound on May 13, 2003
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Your Will, My Life
Gospel - Released by Spring Hill Music Group (CHP) on Jan 1, 2005
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo