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Beck - Joe Beck

9 out of 5

(6 tracks - 35 mins)

~~$ 7.99~~ $ 3.99

Country: International Genres: Jazz, Pop, Rock Styles: Fusion, Post-bop, Jazz-funk, Soul Jazz Moods: Sophisticated, Stylish, Complex

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This 1975 Kudu album by Joe Beck was never reissued on CD in the United States but available only as a Japanese import on the King label.

Beck is a masterpiece of mid-'70s funky jazz and fusion.

Beck retired in 1971 to be a dairy farmer.

He returned to make this album his opus.

Featuring David Sanborn, Don Grolnick, Will Lee, and Chris Parker, all of the album's six tracks were recorded in two days.

Overdubs were done in another day and the minimal strings added by Don Sebesky were added on a third day.

"Star Fire" opens the set and features the interplay of Beck's riffing and lead fills with Sanborn's timely, rhythmic legato phrasing, and the communication level is high and the groove level even higher.

On "Texas Ann," another Beck original, Sanborn hits the blues stride from the jump, but Beck comes in adding the funk underneath Grolnick's keyboard while never losing his Albert Collins' feel.

On "Red Eye," Beck's two- and three-chord funk vamps inform the verse while Sebesky's unobtrusive strings provide a gorgeous backdrop for Sanborn, who stays in the mellow pocket until the refrains, when he cuts loose in his best Maceo Parker.

The deep funk of Jalaluddin Mansur Nuriddin's "Café Black Rose" showcases the band's commitment to groove jazz with a razor's edge.

The composition is full of nooks and crannies and syncopated intervallic elements for the rhythm section.

Steve Khan's slide guitar adds electric Delta feel to a Sly Stone funk groove along with a Jack McDuff riff makes the whole thing feel like a greasy good time.

Beck is essential listening for anyone interested in mid-'70s commercial jazz.

The chops are there, but far more than that, Beck leads a band into a soul-deep blowing session with killer charts, nasty tunes, and killer vibes.

	Title/Composers	Performer	Listen	Time	Size	Size
1	Cactus Don Grolnick	Joe Beck	Play	05:00	11 MB	0 MB
2	Texas Ann Joe Beck	Joe Beck	Play	07:58	18 MB	0 MB
3	Red Eye Joe Beck	Joe Beck	Play	07:15	16 MB	0 MB
4	Cafe Black Rose Brother Gene Dinwiddie	Joe Beck	Play	04:26	10 MB	0 MB
5	Brothers and Others Joe Beck	Joe Beck	Play	06:32	14 MB	0 MB
6	Star Fire	Joe Beck	Play	04:35	10 MB	0 MB
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	Artist	Job
1	Joe Beck	Arranger, Composer, Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Primary Artist, Rhythm Arrangements, Soloist, Vocals
2	Frederick Buldrini	Violin
3	Bob Ciano	Design
4	Harry Cykman	Violin
5	Arnaldo DeSouteiro	Digital Remastering, Liner Notes, Reissue Supervisor
6	Peter Dimitriades	Violin
7	Brother Gene Dinwiddie	Composer
8	Max Ellen	Violin
9	Don Grolnick	Composer, Keyboards, Organ, Organ (Hammond), Piano, Piano (Electric)
10	Joe Kahn	Guitar
11	Steve Kahn	Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm)
12	Harold Kahon	Violin
13	Steve Khan	Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm)
14	Abdul Mati Klarwein	Illustrations
15	Mati Klarwein	Illustrations
16	Harold Kohon	Violin
17	Will Lee	Bass, Bass (Electric)
18	Jesse Levy	Cello
19	Charles Libove	Violin
20	Harry Lookofsky	Concert Master, Violin
21	Joe Malin	Violin
22	Joseph Malin	Violin
23	Ray Mantilla	Congas, Percussion
24	Charles McCracken	Cello
25	Susumu Morikawa	Reissue Producer
26	David Nadien	Violin
27	Chris Parker	Drums
28	George Ricci	Cello
29	David Sanborn	Sax (Alto)
30	Don Sebesky	Conductor, String Arrangements
31	Creed Taylor	Producer
32	Rudy Van Gelder	Engineer

Joe Beck

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