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English jazz pianist, born September 16, 1935 in London, England, died November 6, 2011 in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.
Beck worked with Tubby Hayes (1962-1665), with his own band, then with the Phil Wood’s European Rhythm Machine, Gyroscope, and as freelance (from 1974) for many jazz stars like Lena Horne, Gary Burton, Clark Terry, Charles Tolliver, and Phil Woods.

ALBUMS


Didier Lockwood, Gordon Beck, Allan Holdsworth, Aldo Romano, Jean-François Jenny-Clarke*
The Unique Concert
2020, ,
Fusion
Gordon Beck
Jubilation! (Trios, Quartets And Septets In Session 1964-1984)
2018, 3xCD + Box, Turtle Records,
Peter King Quartet*, The Lyric Quartet*, Gordon Beck
Janus
2006, CD, Album, Miles Music, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Post Bop
Gordon Beck
The Hustler
2003, 7", Jazzman
Gordon Beck
Reflections
2003, CD, Album, Dig, Art Of Life Records, ,
Post Bop/Bop/Contemporary Jazz
Gordon Beck, Stan Sulzmann, Chris Laurence, Paul Clarvis
Once Is Never Enough
1996, CD, Album, FMR Records (2)
Phil Woods, Gordon Beck
Live At The Wigmore Hall - London "The Complete Concert"
1996, 2xCD, Album, JMS., ,
Bop/Post Bop
Gordon Beck
One For The Road
1995, CD, Album, JMS., JMS.
Gordon Beck
The French Connection I & II
1995, CD, Album, Comp, JMS., JMS., JMS., JMS., ,
Contemporary Jazz/Jazz-Rock
Gordon Beck
Reasons / Celebration
1995, CD, Album, Comp, RE, JMS., JMS., JMS., ,
Contemporary Jazz
Gordon Beck, Jack DeJohnette, Dave Holland, Didier Lockwood
For Evans Sake
1992, CD, Album, JMS., JMS.
Doctor Crochet, Gordon Beck
The New Cardio-Funk & Aquaulding Music
1991, CD, Album, Comp, Powder
Gordon Beck, Dieter Ilg, Tony Oxley, Stan Sulzmann, Kenny Wheeler
A Tribute To Bill Evans
1991,
Gordon Beck
Dreams
1989, CD, Album, JMS
Allan Holdsworth / Gordon Beck
The Things You See / Sunbird
1989, ,
Fusion/Contemporary Jazz
Allan Holdsworth - Gordon Beck
With A Heart In My Song
1988
Helen Merrill, Gordon Beck, Stephane Grappelli*, Steve Lacy
Music Makers
1986, ,
Vocal
Helen Merrill & Gordon Beck
No Tears, No Goodbyes
1984, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Vocal
Gordon Beck
Reasons
1983, LP, Album, JMS, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Gordon Beck
The French Connection 2
1982, LP, Album, Disques JMS, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Allan Holdsworth - Gordon Beck
The Things You See
1980, ,
Fusion/Contemporary Jazz
Gordon Beck / Alan Holdsworth* / Jeff Clyne / John Stevens
Conversation Piece - Part 1 & 2
1980
Gordon Beck · Ron Mathewson · Tony Oxley · Stan Sulzmann · Kenny Wheeler
Seven Steps To Evans - A Tribute To The Compositions Of Bill Evans
1980, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Post Bop
Didier Lockwood, Gordon Beck, Tony Williams*, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
New World
1979, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Gordon Beck
Sunbird
1979, ,
Fusion/Contemporary Jazz
Gordon Beck
The French Connection
1978, LP, Owl Records (4), ,
Modal
Gordon Beck
One For The Road
1977, LP, Jaguar (17)
Gordon Beck, Ron Mathewson, Daniel Humair
Beck Mathewson Humair Trio
1972
Tubby Hayes Quartet
Commonwealth Blues
2005, CD, Album, Ltd, Art Of Life Records
The Gordon Beck Quartet
Experimento Con Pops
1968
Nucleus
Live At The BBC
2021, Box + 13xCD, RM, Repertoire Records, ,
Fusion/Contemporary Jazz
The Gordon Beck Quartet
Seven Steps To Heaven
2005, CD, Album, Ltd, Art Of Life Records, ,
Post Bop/Bop
Nucleus
Alleycat / Direct Hits
2004, ,
Fusion/Jazz-Rock
Nucleus
Under The Sun / Snakehips Etcetera
2003, ,
Fusion/Jazz-Rock
The Gordon Beck Quartet
November Song
1999, CD, Album, JMS., JMS., ,
Contemporary Jazz
Didier Lockwood Quartet
Live At The Olympia Hall
1986
Didier Lockwood Quartet
1982-1986
1986, ,
Fusion/Jazz-Rock
The Gordon Beck Quintet
Celebration
1985, LP, Album, JMS., JMS,
Nucleus
Direct Hits
1976, ,
Fusion/Jazz-Rock
Piano Conclave
Palais Anthology
1975, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Fusion
Gyroscope
One, Two, Three_ _ _ Go!
1974, Cass, Album, Jaguar (17)
Nucleus
Under The Sun
1974, ,
Fusion/Jazz-Rock
The Seven Ages Of Man
The Seven Ages Of Man
1972, LP, Album, Rediffusion, Rediffusion, ,
Soul/Contemporary Jazz/Prog Rock/Funk
Phil Woods And His European Rhythm Machine
Live At Montreux 72
1972, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Post Bop
Phil Woods And His European Rhythm Machine
At The Frankfurt Jazz Festival
1971
Phil Woods And His European Rhythm Machine
Phil Woods And His European Rhythm Machine
1970
Gordon Beck Trio
Gyroscope
1969, ,
Free Jazz/Post Bop
Ronnie Scott And The Band
Live At Ronnie Scott's
1968, ,
Bop
The Gordon Beck Quartet
Experiments With Pops
1968
Gordon Beck + Two
Dr Dolittle Loves Jazz
1967
The Tony Kinsey Quintet
How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying
1963,
The Tubby Hayes Quintet
Late Spot At Scott's
1963
The Tubby Hayes Quintet
Down In The Village
1962, ,
Hard Bop
Nucleus
Under The Sun / Snakehips Etcetera
2008

APPEARANCES +


Gordon Beck Trio
Suite #5
2022, File, FLAC, Mono, British Progressive Jazz
Kurt Edelhagen & His Orchestra*
The Unreleased WDR Jazz Recordings 1957 - 1974
2021, ,
Big Band
Alan Wakeman
The Octet Broadcasts - 1969 And 1979
2020
The Rob Franken Electrification*
Functional Stereo Music
2019, 3xCD, Album, Comp, 678 Records
Nucleus (3) & Ian Carr
Torrid Zone (The Vertigo Recordings 1970 - 1975)
2019, ,
Jazz-Rock/Fusion/Prog Rock
The Rob Franken Electrification* + Joop Scholten + Eef Albers
Absorbed Love
2018, LP, Album, 678 Records, ,
Jazz-Rock/Jazz-Funk/Easy Listening
The Rob Franken Electrification* + Ferdinand Povel + Jiggs Whigham + Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen + Joop Scholten + Jan Huydts + John Lee (3) & Gerry Brown
Colours & Images
2018, LP, Album, 678 Records, ,
Jazz-Funk/Smooth Jazz/Jazz-Rock
Gordon Beck Quartet* Featuring Joy Marshall
When Sunny Gets Blue (Spring '68 Sessions)
2018, CD, Album, Turtle Records
Rob Franken Electrification Trio
Six Seven Eight
2018, LP, Album, 678 Records
Allan Holdsworth
Eidolon (The Allan Holdsworth Collection)
2017, ,
Jazz-Rock
Allan Holdsworth
The Allan Holdsworth Solo Album Collection
2017, ,
Jazz-Rock/Fusion
Various
International New Jazz Meeting Burg Altena 1972-1973
2016, 8xCD, Comp, RM + Box, B.Free, ,
Free Improvisation/Free Jazz/Fusion/Contemporary Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz/Experimental
The Ronnie Scott Quintet* Featuring Alan Skidmore
BBC Jazz Club
2013, LP, Ltd, 180, Gearbox Records, ,
Hard Bop
Charly Antolini
Different Strokes
2013, CD, Album, Comp, Skinfire Records, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Hard Bop/Fusion
Tubby Hayes
New Edition - Rare Radio Recordings 1958-62
2013, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Hard Bop/Interview
The Tubby Hayes Band
BBC Jazz For Moderns
2009, LP, Album, Ltd, 180, Gearbox Records
Georgie Fame
Somebody Stole My Thunder (Jazz-Soul Grooves 1967-1971)
2007, CD, Comp, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, ,
Mod/Soul/Soul-Jazz/Rhythm & Blues
The Gordon Beck Trio*
Appleby Blues
2007, CD, Album, Ltd, Art Of Life Records, ,
Post Bop
Various
Spirit Of... Jazz - From The Roots To The Fruits
2006, 2xCD, Comp, Dlx, Wagram Music, Henri Selmer Paris
Georgie Fame
The Two Faces Of Fame / The Third Face Of Fame
2006,
Phil Woods With Chris Gunning And Orchestra*
Floresta Canto
2006, ,
Fusion/Big Band/Latin Jazz
Michael Gibbs
Michael Gibbs · Tanglewood 63
2005, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Vocalion, ,
Jazz-Rock/Big Band
Tubby Hayes
On The Air
2005,
Allan Holdsworth
Against The Clock
2005, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Fusion
Tubby Hayes
Live In London
2004, CD, Album, Harkit Records, ,
Bop/Post Bop
The Gordon Beck Trio*
Not The Last Waltz
2004, CD, Album, Ltd, Art Of Life Records
Various
Tribute To John Coltrane - Live Under The Sky '87 10th Special + A Tribute To Bill Evans - Live At The Brewhouse
2003
Dan Mândrilă*
Restitutio
2002, CD, Comp, Electrecord
Rosemary Clooney
Look My Way / Nice To Be Around
2002, CD, Comp, RM, Capitol Records, Capitol Records, ,
Easy Listening
Ian Carr With Nucleus
Labyrinth / Roots
2002
Ian Carr With Nucleus
Solar Plexus / Belladonna
2002, ,
Fusion/Jazz-Rock
Gilles Peterson
Impressed With Gilles Peterson
2002, ,
Big Band/Modal/Latin Jazz
Anne Ducros
Purple Songs
2001, CD, Album, Dig, Dreyfus Jazz
Various
Between Or Beyond The Black Forest 2
2000, ,
Soul-Jazz/Fusion/Jazz-Funk
Peter King Quartet*
Lush Life
1999, CD, Miles Music
Henri Texier
Le Coffret JMS
1998, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Various
The Mood Mosaic 6: Jazz À Go Go
1998,
Helen Merrill
Music Makers
1997, CD, RE, Owl Records (4)
Mick Hanson
Do You Have A Name?
1996, CD, Album, Spotlite Jazz, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Allan Holdsworth
None Too Soon
1996, ,
Fusion/Contemporary Jazz
Various
JMS. 20ème Anniversaire
1995, CD, Comp, Promo, JMS.
Allan Holdsworth
Wardenclyffe Tower +3
1995
Dan Mîndrilă
Jazz Restitutio 4
1993, LP, Album, Electrecord
Various
Come Together - Guitar Tribute To The Beatles
1993, ,
Fusion/Contemporary Jazz/Prog Rock
Phil Woods
A Jazz Life
1992, ,
Bop/Big Band
Mel Tormé
The London Sessions
1990, ,
Vocal
Various
Jazz-Club • Violin
1989,
Helen Merrill
Irving Berlin Album
1988
Aspects Of Paragonne
Aspects Of Paragonne
1988
Lee Towers
Greatest Hits
1987, ,
Vocal
Daniel Humair
Surrounded 1964/87
1987
Helen Merrill
Music Makers
1986
Didier Lockwood
Martinique
1985, 7", Single, JMS., JMS
Didier Lockwood
Out Of The Blue
1985, ,
Post Bop/Bossa Nova/Contemporary Jazz
Lee Towers
You And Me
1985, ,
Vocal
Albert van Dam
The Sentimental Touch... Of Albert van Dam
1984, ,
Vocal
Henri Texier
Compilatex
1983, LP, Comp, JMS,
John Stevens
Freebop
1982, LP, Album, Affinity, ,
Free Jazz/Post Bop
Rajesh
Infinite Fusion - Explorations In Musical Syntheses
1982, LP, Ltd, S/Edition, Om Records Limited, ,
Fusion/Experimental/Indian Classical/Jazz-Rock
Lee Towers
New York
1982, ,
Vocal
Lori Spee
Dreamland
1982, ,
Pop Rock/Ballad
Lee Towers
Absolutelee
1981, ,
Europop/Vocal
Humair* / Jeanneau* / Texier*
Akagera
1980, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Tormé*
A New Album
1980
Det Beskidte Dusin
Konkridslafekt
1979, LP, Album, Abra Cadabra Production
Phil Woods
I Remember
1979, ,
Bop
Didier Lockwood
New World
1979
Henri Texier
A Cordes Et A Cris
1979,
Don Sebesky
Three Works For Jazz Soloists & Symphony Orchestra
1979, ,
Contemporary
Charly Antolini
Jazz Power / Live
1978, LP, pläne, ,
Hard Bop
Clark Terry
Clark After Dark, The Ballad Artistry Of Clark Terry
1978, ,
Big Band
Rosemary Clooney
Nice To Be Around
1977
Freddy Cole
Sings
1976, ,
Big Band/Swing/Easy Listening
Lena Horne
Lena, A New Album
1976, ,
Soul-Jazz/Rhythm & Blues/Vocal
Neil Ardley / Ian Carr / Mike Gibbs* / Stan Tracey
Will Power (A Shakespeare Birthday Celebration In Music)
1975, ,
Modal/Free Improvisation/Jazz-Rock
George Gruntz
2001 Keys - Piano Conclave
1974, LP, Album, Atlantic, ,
Jazz-Rock/Fusion/Free Jazz
Various
Piano Power! (A Panorama Of Jazz Piano Styles)
1974
Phil Woods
Musique Du Bois
1974, ,
Bop/Hard Bop
Nucleus (3), The Harry South Big Band, The Frank Ricotti Quartet
Jazz-London 1 & 2
1973, LP, Transcription, BBC Transcription Services,
Michael de Albuquerque*
We May Be Cattle But We've All Got Names
1973
Music From Free Creek
Music From Free Creek
1973, ,
Psychedelic Rock/Classic Rock/Blues Rock/Funk/Rhythm & Blues/Soul
Cleo Laine
I Am A Song
1973,
Ian Carr With Nucleus
Labyrinth
1973
Gary Burton
The New Quartet
1973, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Dick Heckstall-Smith
A Story Ended
1972, ,
Jazz-Rock/Prog Rock
Ian Carr
Belladonna
1972, ,
Fusion/Jazz-Rock
Various
NDR Jazz-Workshop '71
1971, LP, Promo, Norddeutscher Rundfunk, Norddeutscher Rundfunk, ,
Fusion/Modal/Post Bop
Michael Gibbs
Tanglewood 63
1971, ,
Jazz-Rock/Avant-garde Jazz
Labi Siffre
The Singer And The Song
1971
Rosetta Hightower
Hightower
1970,
Nina & Frederik
Follow
1970
Various
Born Free: The 12. German Jazz Festival
1970, ,
Free Jazz
Polished Brass Of London
Top Brass
1969, LP, Album, Music For Pleasure, ,
Big Band
Ray Warleigh
Ray Warleigh's First Album
1969, ,
Modal
Terry Smith
Fall Out
1969
Various
Mezinárodní Jazzový Festival Praha 1967
1968, ,
Hard Bop/Free Jazz/Big Band/Vocal
Gordon Beck + Dos*
La Mitad De 6 Peniques
1968
Georgie Fame
The Third Face Of Fame
1968,
The Tubby Hayes Orchestra
100% Proof
1967, ,
Big Band
Georgie Fame
The Two Faces Of Fame
1967, ,
Big Band
The Harry South Big Band
Presenting
1966, LP, Album, Mono, Mercury, Mercury, ,
Big Band/Post Bop
Roy Castle
Songs For A Rainy Day
1966, ,
Vocal/Easy Listening/Ballad
Georgie Fame And The Harry South Big Band
Sound Venture
1966, ,
Vocal/Big Band/Swing/Soul/Rhythm & Blues
Annie Ross, The Tony Kinsey Quintet
Loguerhythms: Songs From The Establishment
1963, ,
Poetry
Various
Jazz For Moderns 7/8
1962, LP, Album, Mono, Transcription, BBC Transcription Services
Tony Crombie
Whole Lotta Tony
1961, ,
Post Bop
Vibré
Vibré
CDr, Album, Not On Label (Vibré Self-released)
Annie Ross, Christopher Logue, The Tony Kinsey Quintet
Loguerhythms / Red Bird Jazz And Poetry
CD, Comp, RE, Él, ,
Smooth Jazz/Poetry
Various
So Much, So Quickly: British Modern Jazz Pianists 1948-62
2018, 2xCD, Comp, Acrobat Music,
Various
Wanted Jazz Vol. 1
2018
Various
JMS - 40éme Anniversaire
2015, 3xCD, Comp, Jms, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Various
City Lounge: The Vintage Edition
2008, 4xCD, Comp, Wagram Music, ,
Easy Listening/Funk/Soul
Various
JMS 31e Anniversaire - L'Histoire D'un Éditeur De Musique
2006, 2xCD, Comp, Smplr, Boo, Jms, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Various
That's What Friends Are For (Yet Another Collection Of Jazzman Sevens)
2004, CD, Comp, Jazzman, ,
Soul-Jazz/Soul/Funk
Various
The Mood Mosaic 6: Jazz À Go Go
1998,
Various
15ème Anniversaire
1991, 2xCD, Comp, JMS., ,
Jazz-Rock/Fusion
Allan Holdsworth featuring Gordon Beck
BBC 1980 & 1981
2024, CDr, Album, Unofficial, Mega Disc, ,
Jazz-Rock
Allan Holdsworth
I.O.U. / With A Heart In My Song
2004, CD, Comp, Unofficial, 2000 Fruit Gum
Allan Holdsworth
Original I.O.U.Live Tracks
2004, 2xCDr, Unofficial, Siréne, ,
Jazz-Rock/Prog Rock
Ian Carr With Nucleus
Labyrinth
2000, ,
Jazz-Rock/Fusion
Various
Come Together - Guitar Tribute To The Beatles
Allan Holdsworth
None Too Soon
,
Fusion/Contemporary Jazz
Ian Carr
Belladonna