Chris Beckers

Christiaan "Chris" Beckers (born October 28, 1953 in Laren (North Holland) ) is a Dutch guitarist of fusion jazz .

Live and act

Beckers, who grew up in Germany from 1964, is self-taught and, like most guitarists of his generation, initially influenced by Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix , but also by Frank Zappa . First he was active from 1975 as a blues musician with the Backwater Bluesband ; he switched to jazz in 1980. On his third album Nightmoves (1983) Gerry Brown and Dick Morrissey were involved. He then worked in the United States with musicians such as Ernie Watts , Alex Acuña , Abe Laboriel , Paulinho da Costa , Billy Cobham , Peter Erskine and Jimmy Haslip , who participated in his next records. After the release of Night Moves a promotional tour of Japan followed, where his music appeared on Polydor KK . In the following years Chris Beckers released other albums: High Tension (1985), Chris Beckers (1987), Wild Kingdom (1993), Messenger Of Truth (2001) and Seven Frames Of Mind (2009).

On his CrisCrazz label, founded in 1983 , he released his own recordings as well as albums by Eef Albers , Wolters & Vermuyen and Free Kick. His compositions are regularly used on radio and television. As a producer and accompanist he worked for Jump'n Jive , Jimi Bellmartin , Free Kick and René Engel . In recent years he has also dealt with world music and has worked with Rasiko , Radjinder , Marcelo Godoy , Dipankar , Mostar Revival or the Iraqi Maqam Ensemble & Farida .

Discographic notes

• Blue Motions (1980) with Jurre Haanstra, Nippy Noya , Carwin Gysing, Roy Kuschel
• Splash (1982) with Peter Guidi , Carwin Gysing, Essiet Essiet , Henk Zomer
• Night Moves (1983) with Gerry Brown, Dick Morrissey, Jurre Haanstra, Herman Wolters, Wim Dijkgraaf, Eddie Conard
• High Tension (1985) with Ernie Watts, Abraham Laboriel, Alex Acuña, Justo Almario, Herman Wolters, Marcel Schimscheimer, Marcel Serierse
• Chris Beckers (1987) with Ernie Watts, Abraham Laboriel, Alex Acuña, Paulinho da Costa, Jasper van't Hof , Herman Wolters, Cees van der Laarse, Marcel Serierse
• Crossover (1988) with Ernie Watts, Abraham Laboriel, Alex Acuña, Paulinho da Costa, Gerry Brown, Dick Morrissey, Jasper van't Hof , Peter Guidi, Essiet Essiet , Henk Zomer, Herman Wolters, Cees van der Laarse, Eddie Conard
• Late Night Breeze (1992) with Ernie Watts, Herman Wolters, Marcel Serierse, Marcel Schimscheimer, Nippy Noya , Johan Vermuyen
• Wild Kingdom (1993) with Billy Cobham, Ernie Watts, Jasper van't Hof, Nippy Noya, Herman Wolters, Marcel Schimscheimer, Marcel Serierse, Deff Cramer
• Messenger Of Truth (2001) with Ernie Watts, Peter Erskine, Jimmy Haslip, Saskia Laroo, Luluk Purwanto , Michiel Borstlap , Nippy Noya, Liber Torriente, Herman Wolters, Marcel Serierse, Jeroen Vierdag
• Nightcruising / The Music Of ... (2003) with Billy Cobham, Ernie Watts, Peter Erskine, Jimmy Haslip, Jasper van't Hof, Paulinho da Costa, Dick Morrissey, Gerry Brown, Abraham Laboriel, Alex Acuña, Michiel Borstlap
• Seven Frames Of Mind (2009) with Simon Phillips , Jimmy Haslip, Jasper van't Hof, Eric Vloeimans , Tony Lakatos , Herman Wolters, Hermine Deurloo , Marcel Serierse, Deff Cramer, Mike del Ferro
• Navigation (2014) with Jimmy Haslip, Gary Novak, Eric Vloeimans , Chris Hinze, Herman Wolters, Hermine Deurloo, Marcel Serierse, René Creemers, Ilja Reijngoud, Efraim Trujillo , Phaedra Kwant, Jeroen de Rijk, Red Limo String Quartet

Lexigraphic entries

• Martin Kunzler : Jazz Lexicon. Volume 1: A – L (= rororo-Sachbuch. Vol. 16512). 2nd Edition. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-499-16512-0 .

Web links

• Web presence with discography