Chuck Loeb

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Charles Samuel "Chuck" Loeb (born December 7, 1955 in Nyack , New York ; † July 31, 2017 ) was an American jazz guitarist , composer , arranger and music producer .

Life

Loeb grew up in Nyack (NY), a suburb of New York City . He has played guitar since he was 11, discovered jazz at the age of 16 and took lessons from Jim Hall , Pat Metheny and Joe Puma . From 1974 to 1976 he studied at Berklee College of Music . From 1977 to 1978 he was part of Chico Hamilton's band , then Ray Barretto's . Between 1979 and 1981 he was a member of Stan Getz's band and from 1984 to 1987 with Steps Ahead together with Michael Brecker , Michael Mainieri , Peter Erskine and Victor Bailey .

From 1988 he was also on the road as a solo artist and as a studio musician on numerous international publications, including for the German artists Thomas Quasthoff and Till Brönner . In 1994 Loeb founded the fusion band Metro with Wolfgang Haffner and Mitchel Forman . After Larry Carlton left , Loeb replaced him in 2010 with the internationally renowned smooth jazz formation Fourplay , with whom he had been touring extensively since 2010.

From 1979 he was married to the Spanish singer Carmen Cuesta-Loeb and the father of two daughters. His daughter Lizzy Loeb is a singer-songwriter. Loeb often spent free time in Spain because of his wife and daughters. New York City was still the base for work. The book The Best Of Chuck Loeb , published by Hal Leonard, contains ten of Loeb's compositions.

Loeb died in 2017 at the age of 61 after several years of treatment for cancer.

Discographic notes

  • Overjoyed by Mark Soskin (1988) with Mark Soskin (piano), Lincoln Goines (bass), John Riley (drums)
  • Magic Fingers with Andy LaVerne ( DMP , 1989)
  • Lifecolors (DMP, 1990)
  • Balance (DMP, 1991)
  • Mediterranean (DMP, 1992)
  • Simple Things (DMP, 1994)
  • The Music Inside ( Shanachie , 1996)
  • The Moon, the Stars and the Setting Sun (Shanachie, 1998)
  • Lists (Shanachie, 1999)
  • In a Heartbeat (Shanachie, 2001)
  • My Shining Hour (Jazz City, 2002)
  • eBop (Shanachie, 2003)
  • When I'm With You (Shanachie, 2005)
  • Presence (Heads Up, 2007)
  • The Love Song Collection (Shanachie, 2007)
  • Between 2 Worlds (2009)
  • Let's Touch the Sky (2010) with Fourplay
  • Plain'n'Simple (CARE Music Group, 2011)
  • Esprit de Four (2012) with Fourplay
  • Silhouette (CARE Music Group, 2013)
  • Unspoken (Shanachie, 2016)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Chuck Loeb, Guitarist and Composer, Dies at 61 . In: jazztimes.com . August 1, 2017 (English).
  2. ↑ GUITAR & BASS 2/2013, p. 78
  3. ↑ http://www.metrojazz.com/WEbsite%20revamp/History.htm
  4. ↑ Interview with Loeb and Forman (2009) (English), accessed June 27, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Loeb, Chuck
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Loeb, Charles Samuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz guitarist
DATE OF BIRTH 7th December 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Nyack , New York
DATE OF DEATH July 31, 2017