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Joe Beck (July 29, 1945 – July 22, 2008)〔(allmusicBiography )〕 was an American jazz guitarist who was active for over 30 years. ==Biography== Born in Philadelphia, Beck moved to Manhattan in his teens, playing six nights a week in a trio setting, which gave him an opportunity to meet various people working in the thriving New York music scene. By the time he was 18, Stan Getz had used him to record some jingles, and in 1967 he recorded with Miles Davis,. By 1968, at age 22 he was a member of the Gil Evans orchestra. Beck described his early success in an interview near the end of his life: ::"My career happened because I happened to be in the right place at the right time in a very unique time of Jazz music. ...when I would finish a gig around two in the morning I would go around the corner to the Playboy Club and sit in with Monty Alexander and let Les Spann take a breather and I would finish the gig for him. Then we would go and listen to Kenny Burrell play around the corner or we would go up to Mintons and listen to Wes Montgomery and sit in with him ..."〔(Beck Interview With Jazz Guitar Life (08/14/07) )〕 Beck played in a variety of jazz styles, including jazz fusion, post bop, mainstream jazz and soul jazz, but also respected rock stylists and cross-over players (he was good friends with Larry Coryell,〔 and briefly flirted with rock music styles himself in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In 1970 he released ''Rock Encounter'' on Polydor Records.〔 In 1975 he released an 'eponymous' album (Upon which he simply referred to himself as 'Beck') whilst recording the Esther Phillips album, ''What a Diff'rence a Day Makes'', both on Kudu Records.〔〔Sleeve notes to CD reissue of ''Beck & Sanborn''〕 ''Beck'' was subsequently reissued as ''Beck & Sanborn'' to cash in on the success of alto saxophonist Dave Sanborn. In 1978, he went for more of a rock sound by forming a band named "Leader". They performed in the Northeast and recorded demos at Sound Ideas Studios in NYC, but soon disbanded after the band's gear was stolen after a gig at Joyous Lake in Woodstock NY. 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.〔 Over the years Beck worked as a sideman or session guitarist with a wide variety of well know jazz, rock, and fusion musicians, including Louis Armstrong; Duke Ellington; Buddy Rich; Woody Herman; Miles Davis; Maynard Ferguson; Howard Roberts; Tommy Tadesco; Larry Coryell; John Abercrombie; Tom Scott; and Jeremy Steig among many others. In mid-life Beck spent less time playing and worked more as a composer of commercial jingles, and as an arranger, writing arrangements for such people as Frank Sinatra and Gloria Gayner. He returned to stage performing an touring in the late 1980s. For the next two decades Beck toured and recorded with duos and small groups, releasing two more solo albums (1988, 1991) before retiring in 2000. Following his retirement, and up until his death, Beck continued to tour occasionally, and released a number of collaborative albums (e.g., ''Coincidence'', with John Abercrombie, 2007). Beck died in Woodbury, Connecticut of complications from lung cancer.〔 His album ''Get Me Joe Beck'' was posthumously released in 2014.〔http://www.npr.org/2014/09/01/345044352/on-final-recording-joe-beck-exposes-possibilities-of-the-guitar〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joe Beck」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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