Joe Beck, Jazz Guitarist, Dies at 62

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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: July 30, 2008
DANBURY, Conn. (AP) — Joe Beck, a jazz guitarist who collaborated with artists like Frank Sinatra, Miles Davis and James Brown, died here on July 22. He was 62.

His death was confirmed by the Munson-Lovetere funeral home. He died at a hospice after battling lung cancer.

Mr. Beck was a prolific studio and session performer, arranger and producer, with an identifiable harmonic and rhythmic sound.

Mr. Beck was born in Philadelphia and grew up in New Jersey and the San Francisco area. He got his start as a musician as a teenager in the 1960s, playing in a jazz trio in New York. By 1968, he was recording with Davis and other top jazz stars.

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