Joe Beck was born on July 29, 1945 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and learned to play guitar as a child. Briefly delving into 60’s and 70s rock music he turned his attention to jazz and got initiated in the post bop, mainstream, fusion and soul jazz eras.

Beck began as a member of the Gil Evans orchestra and in 1970 released Rock Encounter for Polydor, followed by a release on Kudu and a record session with Esther Phillips - What a Diff'rence a Day Makes in 1975 on the same label.

By the 1980s…