Joe Beck
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Joe Beck (born July 29, 1945, Philadelphia, PA) is a guitarist who has been notable in jazz for more than 30 years. Beck also briefly flirted with rock music in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Beck actually plays and has played in a variety of jazz mediums, including jazz fusion, post bop, mainstream jazz and soul jazz. He has played and recorded with numerous artists, including Miles Davis, Gil Evans, Duke Ellington, Buddy Rich, Paul Desmond, Maynard Ferguson, Woody Herman, Stan Getz, Ali Ryerson, Larry Coryell, Gene Ammons, Sergio Mendez, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Jimmy Bruno, Laura Nyro, Houston Person, Roger Kellaway, Richie Havens, Paul Simon, Joe Farrell, James Brown, David Sanborn and Gato Barbieri.
