Christiern Posted July 23, 2008 Report Posted July 23, 2008 (edited) More to come on this sad news. I believe he was in his early sixties. Understand it was lung cancer--damn those cigarettes and the people who make them. Edited July 23, 2008 by Christiern Quote
Shawn Posted July 23, 2008 Report Posted July 23, 2008 Damn. I was just listening to his playing on the Secret Ellington album minutes ago... R.I.P. Quote
Ted O'Reilly Posted July 23, 2008 Report Posted July 23, 2008 More to come on this sad news. I believe he was in his early sixties. Understand it was lung cancer--damn those cigarettes and the people who make them. Good musician. Don't know whether Joe smoked or not, or whether he tried to quit. It's a terrible habit that I had for decades (minimum 50 a day), but I know it was my choice to smoke them, and can't blame the cancer stick. (Did Miles say in his autobiography that it was harder to stop smoking than stop heroin?) Quote
jazzbo Posted July 23, 2008 Report Posted July 23, 2008 My father in law told me that it was harder to stop smoking than to stop drinking. . . . I was listening to Joe on Secret Ellington (excellent) in the same room as Shawn. RIP Joe. Quote
Ted O'Reilly Posted July 23, 2008 Report Posted July 23, 2008 Hmmm. Jazzbo: I've stopped smoking, and mostly don't drink liquors, but wines and beer are food. Yeah, right... Quote
jazzbo Posted July 24, 2008 Report Posted July 24, 2008 Hey Ted, He sort of had to stop or just keep dying slowly. . . I doubt you're in those shoes! Quote
sidewinder Posted July 24, 2008 Report Posted July 24, 2008 RIP - very sad to hear this. Always liked his work with Miles and Quincy. I was just spinning that great 'Guitar Roots Odyssey' track from Quincy's 'Smackwater Jack' that he's featured on, the other day. Quote
PHILLYQ Posted July 24, 2008 Report Posted July 24, 2008 I remember his recordings with Joe Farrell(mostly OOP now) and seeing them at the Village Vanguard. RIP to a fine player. Quote
AllenLowe Posted July 24, 2008 Report Posted July 24, 2008 in the latest Jazz Times Larry Coryell, in a Before and After, says some nice things about Beck - Quote
jlhoots Posted July 24, 2008 Report Posted July 24, 2008 I also liked his more recent work on Venus. R.I.P. Quote
mikeweil Posted July 24, 2008 Report Posted July 24, 2008 R.I.P. I always found him a lot more original than most guitar players. Sad news ... Quote
Ted O'Reilly Posted July 24, 2008 Report Posted July 24, 2008 Hey Ted, He sort of had to stop or just keep dying slowly. . . I doubt you're in those shoes! I don't understand what you're saying here. Did Joe quit smoking, but it was too late, the cancer was unbeatable? Or he didn't stop, and died slowly (which I guess we're all doing, in a way)? Fortunately, I'm cancer-free, so no "shoes". I quit about 25 years ago, (got hooked around 16, as many do), and finally broke free in my early 40s. Cold Turkey worked for me. I found the physical need for a smoke went away in 10 - 15 days, but the triggers -- having a drink, speaking on the phone, after dinner and other things -- made me want a smoke for years. Still do, sometimes. Quote
7/4 Posted July 30, 2008 Report Posted July 30, 2008 July 30, 2008 Joe Beck, Jazz Guitarist, Dies at 62 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DANBURY, Conn. (AP) — Joe Beck, a jazz guitarist who collaborated with artists like Frank Sinatra, Miles Davis and James Brown, died here on July 22. He was 62. His death was confirmed by the Munson-Lovetere funeral home. He died at a hospice after battling lung cancer. Mr. Beck was a prolific studio and session performer, arranger and producer, with an identifiable harmonic and rhythmic sound. Mr. Beck was born in Philadelphia and grew up in New Jersey and the San Francisco area. He got his start as a musician as a teenager in the 1960s, playing in a jazz trio in New York. By 1968, he was recording with Davis and other top jazz stars. After taking a three-year break from music to run a dairy farm, Mr. Beck returned to music in the 1970s. He worked with artists like Gloria Gaynor and Esther Phillips, including playing on Ms. Phillips’s hit single “What a Diff’rence a Day Makes.” In 1975, his collaboration with the saxophonist David Sanborn, “Beck & Sanborn,” became a popular fusion hit. He also composed and arranged for film and television, and played with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London. Mr. Beck returned to farming in 1988, but was recording and touring again by 1992. He last toured in December, playing in Europe with the jazz guitarist John Abercrombie. Mr. Beck also taught guitar at Naugatuck Valley Community College in Waterbury, Conn. He is survived by his wife, Marsi, and five children. Quote
sidewinder Posted July 31, 2008 Report Posted July 31, 2008 (edited) Quite a good obit in today's Daily Telegraph. Didn't realise he was also a p/t dairy farmer and also orchestrated Esther Philips' 'What A Difference A Day Makes' ! Joe Beck Edited July 31, 2008 by sidewinder Quote
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