oneofanotherkind Posted April 5, 2009 Report Posted April 5, 2009 (edited) Perhaps a better choice for this forum to discuss than Jeff Beck is the late Joe Beck, guitarist, pianist, dairy farmer, and C programmer. I'm ashamed to admit it , but for decades I thought Joe Beck was Jeff Beck's brother. Someone told me this at a jazz show in the 80s , and , without checking it out , I believed it for literally decades and told lots of other people ... but apparently not true. See where repeating gossip will lead ... how embarassing. I guess this is how urban myths get started. One of Joe's last dates before his death was Trio07 , which I really dig : There is also his final release , Coincidence , with Abercrombie , which I have not heard : Socked-away in the attic of my memory are some amazing Joe Beck with a big band I can't remember ... anyone know ? Edited April 7, 2009 by oneofanotherkind Quote
oneofanotherkind Posted April 5, 2009 Author Report Posted April 5, 2009 (edited) A live interview and performance with Joe from 1998 , , and Edited April 5, 2009 by oneofanotherkind Quote
oneofanotherkind Posted April 5, 2009 Author Report Posted April 5, 2009 (edited) Anyone remember the outrageous electric guitar on ? Turns out that was Joe ! ... although apparently he wasn't too proud of it : ------------- From this interview : JGL: You’re not the guy who played the guitar solo in Ferguson’s version of “Chameleon” are you? JB: Yeah unfortunately...lol...if you have the vinyl my name is on it. It never made it to the CD though... JGL: I don’t know what you think of that solo but I really love it. It was one of the original tunes that turned me onto Jazz... JB: Well that’s the stuff that I did. I even did that with the Dorsey band... JGL: Really?! JB: I swear...with these ridiculous big bands. Woody Herman and his band ended up recording my tunes to turn his band into a Rock band. I did it with Lionel Hampton...I mean all these old players who wanted to juice up their band, I got the job of doing that. That was while Spinozza and Tropea were still kind of in school, although I don’t think Spinozza went to school, or wherever they were at the time. Spinozza is a great player and to this day is one of the gifted guitar players there is... ------------- I seem to remember there being an actual extended solo , not just bits and pieces ... but maybe that's a different tune. Or could they have lost it in a re-mix ? Edited April 5, 2009 by oneofanotherkind Quote
7/4 Posted April 5, 2009 Report Posted April 5, 2009 previous thread. I really like that album with Abercrombie. Quote
oneofanotherkind Posted April 5, 2009 Author Report Posted April 5, 2009 JGL: They’re gonna call the young guy... JB: Yeah...of course... JGL: Actually, they’re going to call the guy you WERE... JB: Exactly...it’s the same old story: Who’s Joe Beck; Get me Joe Beck; Get me a young Joe Beck and then get me Joe Beck again. It’s the four stages of studio life. JGL: I remember reading a story about a studio ace like Carlton or someone similar, who went back into the studios after a long absence and there were a bunch of new guys all around and when he was handed the chart, it said something like “Play like Carlton”... JB: It was “Play ala Joe Beck”... JGL: Oh...it was you?! JB: Yeah...lol...I might I even have the part around here somewhere. I remember asking one of the guys, what does it actually mean “Play ala Joe Beck?”...lol. Quote
PHILLYQ Posted April 6, 2009 Report Posted April 6, 2009 (edited) He did some great guitar work on some Joe Farrell dates, most sadly out of print. This board is big enough to discuss Joe and Jeff Beck, but personally I draw the line at Beck Edited April 6, 2009 by PHILLYQ Quote
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