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Jeff Beck

English rock guitarist

Since 1944 · Ended in 2023

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Geoffrey Arnold Beck (24 June 1944 – 10 January 2023) was an English guitarist. He rose to prominence as a member of the rock band the Yardbirds, and afterwards founded and fronted the Jeff Beck Group and Beck, Bogert & Appice. In 1975, he switched to an instrumental style with focus on an innovative sound, and his releases spanned genres and styles ranging from blues rock, hard rock, jazz fusion and a blend of guitar-rock and electronica.

Beck has been consistently ranked in the top five of Rolling Stone and other magazines' lists of the greatest guitarists. He was often called a "guitarist's guitarist". Rolling Stone described him as "one of the most influential lead guitarists in rock". Although he recorded two successful albums (1975's Blow by Blow and 1976's Wired) as a solo act, Beck did not establish or maintain commercial success like that of his contemporaries and bandmates. He recorded with many artists.

Beck earned wide critical praise and received the Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance six times, winning in three categories at the 2010 Grammy Awards for a career total of eight Grammies. In 2014, he received the British Academy's Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice: first as a member of the Yardbirds (1992) and secondly as a solo artist (2009).

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Geoffrey Beck, dit Jeff Beck, est un guitariste de rock britannique, né le 24 juin 1944 à Wallington (Grand Londres) et mort le 10 janvier 2023 dans le Sussex de l'Est.

Il est l’un des guitaristes les plus marquants, avec Eric Clapton et Jimmy Page, à avoir joué dans le groupe The Yardbirds dans les années 1960. Il a été classé 5e meilleur guitariste de tous les temps par le magazine Rolling Stone. La chaîne MSNBC l'a ainsi décrit comme « un guitariste pour guitaristes », et Rolling Stone comme « l'un des guitaristes solistes les plus influents dans le rock ».

Les enregistrements de Jeff Beck touchent principalement aux genres du blues rock, du hard rock, du jazz fusion ou encore de l'electronica. Beck gagne huit Grammy awards au cours de sa carrière et connait sa période d'apogée musicale dans le milieu des années 1970, en solo.

Jeff Beck figure deux fois au Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ; il y est introduit en 1992 comme membre des Yardbirds, puis en 2009, intronisé par Jimmy Page, en tant qu'artiste solo.

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