Joe Beck

Joe Beck (July 29, 1945 – July 22, 2008) was an American guitarist who had been notable in jazz for more than 30 years.

Biography
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Beck also briefly flirted with rock music in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In 1967 he recorded with Miles Davis. Beck played in a variety of jazz styles, including jazz fusion, post bop, mainstream jazz and soul jazz.

Beck began as a member of the Gil Evans orchestra.

In 1970 he released Rock Encounter on Polydor Records. In 1975 he released an eponymous album for Kudu Records. With Esther Phillips, he released an album, What a Diff'rence a Day Makes in 1975 on Kudu Records.

In the 1980s Beck recorded several CDs for the DMP Digital Music Products label, including co-billed work with the noted flautist Ali Ryerson.

In 2000, he released a collaboration with Jimmy Bruno, Polarity, and "Coincidence", in 2008 with John Abercrombie.

He played and recorded with numerous artists, including: Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, John Berberian, Gil Evans, Duke Ellington, Buddy Rich, Paul Desmond, Maynard Ferguson, Woody Herman, Stan Getz, Kenny Rankin, Ali Ryerson, Larry Coryell, Gene Ammons, Sergio Mendez, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Dom Um Romão, Sabicas, Jimmy Bruno, Laura Nyro, Houston Person, Roger Kellaway, Richie Havens, Paul Simon, Joe Farrell, James Brown, David Sanborn and Gato Barbieri.

Beck died in Woodbury, Connecticut of complications from lung cancer.

Albums

 * Nature Boy (Verve, 1969)

As leader
With John Abercrombie With Gene Ammons '''With Agustín Sabicas... 'With John Berberian With James Brown With Rusty Bryant With Miles Davis With Duke Ellington and Teresa Brewer With Gil Evans With Ronnie Foster With J. J. Johnson and Kai Winding With Al Kooper With Hubert Laws With Brother Jack McDuff With Idris Muhammad With Houston Person With Don Sebesky With Paul Simon With Bobby Timmons
 * Coincidence (Whaling City Sound, 2007)
 * Got My Own (Prestige, 1972)
 * Big Bad Jug (Prestige, 1972)
 * Rock Encounter (Polydor, 1966)
 * Middle Eastern Rock (Verve Forecast, 1969)
 * Reality (Polydor, 1975)
 * For the Good Times (Prestige, 1973)
 * Circle in the Round (Columbia, 1970)
 * It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing (Flying Dutchman, 1973)
 * Where Flamingos Fly (Artists House, 1973)
 * Cheshire Cat (Blue Note, 1975)
 * Betwixt & Between (A&M/CTI, 1969)
 * Easy Does It (Columbia, 1970)
 * The Chicago Theme (CTI, 1974)
 * Who Knows What Tomorrow's Gonna Bring? (Blue Note, 1970)
 * The Fourth Dimension (Cadet, 1974)
 * Power of Soul (Kudu, 1974)
 * House of the Rising Sun (Kudu, 1975)
 * Sweet Buns & Barbeque (Prestige, 1972)
 * The Rape of El Morro (CTI, 1975)
 * Still Crazy After All These Years (Columbia, 1973)
 * One-Trick Pony (Warner Bros., 1980)
 * Got to Get It! (Milestone, 1967)
 * Do You Know the Way? (Milestone, 1968)