GIT Presents Joe Beck Oct 24, 2005
On Monday, October 24 jazz guitarist Joe Beck returns to GIT for an afternoon of jazz-flavored open counseling. 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, David Sanborn, and countless others. He has also recorded with the Royal Philharmonic orchestra in London, the Milan Philharmonic, and The Paris String Ensemble. Beck has been composing music for TV and film for thirty years and has arranged and produced records for Frank Sinatra, Gloria Gaynor, and Esther Phillips, including her hit recording of "What A Difference A Day Makes". Along the way Joe was signed to contracts with Columbia, Polydor, Verve, Gryphon, CTI, and MGM Records, and the recording industry (NARAS) honored him five times with their Most Valuable Player Award. Since the late '80s he has recorded four solo albums.
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