Jeff Beck
Jeff Beck, pravim imenom Geoffrey Arnold "Jeff" Beck, rodio se 1944 g. u Engleskoj
Jedan od trojice koji je svirao sa Yardbirdsima, ostala dvojica Jimmy Page & Eric Clapton. Beck je bio i osnivač grupe The Jeff Beck Group and Beck, Bogert & Appice..Najviše Beckovih gitarističkih djela su uglavnom instrumentalne izvedbe, uglavnom njegove vlastite skladbe. Glazbeni pravci kojima se proslavio su: blues-rock, heavy metal, jazz fusion, guitar-rock and electronica. Na svojim albumima surađuje sa poznatim gitaristima i solistima (Mick Jagger, Kate Bush, Roger Waters, Donovan, Stevie Wonder, Les Paul, Zucchero, Cyndi Lauper, Brian May and ZZ Top.1968 sudjeluje u snimanju filma "Twins". Magazin "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" ga stavlja kao jedan od najutjecajnijih gitarista 20 stoljeća.Dobitnik je 2 Grammy za najbolje instrumentalne izvedbe. Kao član Yardbirdsa, dva puta je uvršten u Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, kao instrumentalist, a jednom kao solo umjetnik
Fotografija Jeffa Becka iz ranijih godina.
Kada je prvi puta vidio Les Paula svirajući na gitari, toliko ga je impresionirao stil i način sviranja, Les Paul svirao je tada pjesmu "How High the Moon" na jednoj radio stanici. Upitao je majku tko je to, nakon što mu je ona objasnila tko le Les Paul, Jeff je uzviknuo "To je to". Do tada je Beck uglavnom izvodio tuđe stvari (Gene Vincent i BB King)
Počinje skladati vlastite instrumentalne stvari. Sa Yardbirdsima izdaje prvi album "Roger the Engineer"
1966 godine snima film "Blow Up".
Najveći diskografski uspjesi u karijeri su mu:
968 Truth 15 — Gold First album with original line-up of the Jeff Beck Group
1969 Beck-Ola 15 39 Gold Second album with original line-up of the Jeff Beck Group
1971 Rough and Ready 46 — — First album with new line-up of the Jeff Beck Group
1972 Jeff Beck Group 19 — Gold Second album with new line-up of the Jeff Beck Group
1973 Beck, Bogert & Appice 12 28 Gold Only studio album as Beck, Bogert & Appice
1975 Blow by Blow 4 — Platinum First solo album
1976 Wired 16 38 Platinum Second solo album
1980 There and Back 21 38 — Contains one of his more acclaimed pieces, "The Pump"
1985 Flash 42 83 — Grammy Award winner
1989 Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop 49 — — Grammy Award winner
1992 Frankie's House — — — Soundtrack collaboration with Jed Lieber
1993 Crazy Legs 171 — — Album with covers of Gene Vincent's songs
1999 Who Else! 99 74 — Album with influence of electronic music
2001 You Had It Coming 110 — — Grammy Award winner
2003 Jeff — — — Grammy Award winner
April 2010 Emotion & Commotion 11 21 — Highest charting album by Jeff Beck in UK. Double Grammy Award winner
Live albums
1974 Live in Japan — — — First live album
1977 Jeff Beck With the Jan Hammer Group Live 23 — Gold Last album with RIAA certification
2006 Live At BB King Blues Club — — — Official bootleg
2007 Official Bootleg USA '06 — — — Official bootleg
2008 Live at Ronnie Scotts — 143 — Complemented later with a DVD that was certified Platinum for the US sales of 'Jeff Beck performing this week.. live at Ronnie Scott's'. This is an extreme rarity for a music concert DVD of any musical genre. Grammy Award winner.
Oct 2010 Live and Exclusive from the Grammy Museum — — — Follow up live album for Emotion and Commotion.
2011 Rock & Roll Party: Honoring Les Paul — 106 —
Compilations
1991 Beckology — — — Included songs from Beck's early bands such as Tridents and Yardbirds
1995 Best of Beck — — — Abbreviated compilation
DVDs
2008 Performing This Week... Live at Ronnie Scott's — — Platinum Grammy Award winner
2011 Rock & Roll Party: Honoring Les Paul — —
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