Chris Beck

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Chris Beck (* around 1980 in Philadelphia ) is an American jazz musician ( drums , composition ) of modern jazz .

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Beck comes from a musical family; his grandfather was the gospel musician and preacher Elder Charles Beck (≈1900–1972); his father Tony Beck is a producer of gospel music. He studied at Temple University , with whose student jazz band the first recordings were made in 2003 ( Mean What You Say ). In his hometown jazz scene, he played with Robert "Bootsie" Barnes, Sid Simmons , Larry McKenna , Stanley Wilson , Terell Stafford and Tim Warfield . In 2006 he moved to New York and studied at the Mason Gross School of the Arts of Rutgers University , where he had lessons with Victor Lewis. In 2010 he completed his studies with a Masters in Music. Since then he has worked in the local jazz scene a. a. with Mike Boone ( Yeah, I Said It ... , 2006), the Oliver Lake Organ Quartet ( What I Heard , 2013), BJ Jansen and in the trio by Cyrus Chestnut ( Kaleidoscope , 2018, with Eric Wheeler ), Mulgrew Miller , Rufus Reid , Charles Fambrough , David Murray , Nicholas Payton , Mark Whitfield , Ed Cherry, and Wycliffe Gordon .

In 2018 Beck released his debut album The Journey , which his mentor, drummer Michael Carvin , had produced. Contributors to this "homage to the classic straight-ahead style of jazz , with elements of its African roots and gospel" were Terell Stafford, Stacy Dillard , Anthony Wonsey and Eric Wheeler. In the field of jazz, he was involved in eight recording sessions between 2003 and 2018.

The music critic Bill Milkowski counts Chrick Beck among the twelve jazz musicians who “should keep an eye on in 2019”; Beck “plays with true emotion, sensitivity and power. And his compositional skills make him a rare member among the drummers. "

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  1. ↑ a b c Bill Milkowski : 12 New Jazz Artists to Watch in 2019. Paste Magazine, January 4, 2019, accessed on January 17, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed January 19, 2019)
personal data
SURNAME Beck, Chris
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH around 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia