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During a career spanning five decades, Joe Beck has recorded with an incredible
array of artists including Miles Davis (Joe was his first guitarist), Gil Evans,
Duke Ellington, Buddy Rich, Paul Desmond, Maynard Ferguson, Woody Herman, Stan
Getz, Larry Coryell, Gene Ammons, Sergio Mendez, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Laura
Nyro, Houston Person, Roger Kellaway, Richie Havens, Paul Simon, Joe Farrell,
James Brown, Gato Barbieri, and countless others.
Joe has been composing music for TV and film for thirty years and the recording
industry (National Academy of Recording Arts And Sciences) has honored him five
times with their Most Valuable Player Award. He has also recorded with the Royal
Philharmonic orchestra in London, the Milan Philharmonic in Italy, and The Paris
String Ensemble in France.
Joe continues to do co-artist albums with a wide range of artists from
Mike Mainieri to John Babarian (one of the world's foremost Middle Eastern musicians),
to Sabicas (perhaps the greatest of all Flemenco guitarists), and David Sanborn
("Beck /Sanborn" on Columbia) . The most recent being the beautiful
Alto Guitar/Vocal duo with Sarah Brooks on the Whaling City Sound label.
Joe also arranged and produced many records including projects for Frank Sinatra,
Gloria Gaynor, and two albums for Esther Phillips including her hit single,
"What A Difference A Day Makes". Along the way Joe was signed to contracts
with Columbia, Polydor, Verve, Gryphon, CTI, and MGM Records. Since the late
'80's he has recorded four albums ("Relaxin'" , "Friends"
,"Back To Beck" , "The Journey") on the DMP label. as well
as "Fingerpainting", on the Wavetone label which features Bill Evans
on sax, Danny Gottlieb on drums, and Mark Egan on bass.
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