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Emotion & Commotion

Jeff Beck

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Jeff Beck may be the most commercially under-appreciated guitarist of his generation. While his fellow guitarists in the Yardbirds, Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page, both reaped the rewards of FM radio and SRO arena tours, Beck has often played the sideman to great artists. Yet, there isn’t a guitarist alive who doesn’t appreciate Beck’s incredible tone, his immaculate sense of timing and his unpredictable solos that always add an adventurous drama to whatever he touches. 2003’s Jeff toyed with electronica, but 2010’s Emotion & Commotion shifts back towards the blues, jazz, rock and Beck’s own unpredictable brand of cover material. Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ “I Put a Spell on You” and Harold Arlen’s “Over the Rainbow” are the better known tunes given the Beck treatment. Joss Stone adds vocals to “Spell” and her co-write on “There’s No Other Me.” Producers Steve Lipson and Trevor Horn make this a BIG sounding album, but it all comes down to Beck’s impeccable guitar lyricism, as warm and exciting as it gets.

Customer Reviews

Nothing like it anywhere

I've bought many dozens of albums on itunes, and I've never been motivated to actually review an album. But I've been listening to Emotion and Commotion for a week on NPR, and it's just mesmerizing. The hooks are modern and beautiful (though still far more jazz fusion than rock, and pretty mellow overall, don't expect a burner), and the interaction with the orchestra fits the tone of Beck's guitar perfectly, as he's one of the few players who really could replace a violin, given his unique technique and vibrato. After decades of playing, Jeff Beck is arguably a better guitarist today than in his so-called "prime". More unique guitar work than anything else you will hear out of other current players (Derek Trucks is one of the few others whose guitar playing itself is instantly recognizable, but there aren't many). That's why Jeff Beck is always in the discussion for best rock guitarist in history. Don't be surprised to see this album up for a Grammy award, and if it wins it will deserve it.

Some of the best work he has done in over 40 years! A master guitarist!

Jeff Beck breaks to mold again by playing a variety of songs ranging from classical to rock. His guitar literally sounds like a singing voice. He just keeps getting better as the years go by which is not typical for a guitarist who is almost 66 years old now. Saw Beck and Clapton at Madison Square Garden and although Clapton is still great, he is no longer in the same league as Jeff Beck. Buy this CD! You won't be dissapointed. His guitar work is as clean as ever and always distinctive in every way. The 64 piece orchestra also adds something really special as well.

Beck (Jeff, that is) can do it all!!!!

I often don't care for comparisons between musicians in reviews but the ones who have mentioned Clapton vs. Beck are right on and appropriate. Beck, Clapton & Page will always be instrinsically tied because of the era they came from, the fact they are all considered virtuosos on their instruments, and the most important of all, they all come from the same group (The Yardbirds). Heroin did a number on Mr. Page, (remember how frail and uneasy he lookded at the ARMS Concert) and he has never been the same, although that version of "The Immigrant song" from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was hot. Clapton for a long time has been one of my all time favorites but when Simon Climie started producing his records the fire went out fast. Clapton also seems interested in revisiting his past (Winwood & Clapton, the brief Cream reformation, etc...)Beck is and has always been about pushing & looking forward. In my mind Jeff Beck is the most innovative guitar player of the three. He can play blues just as good as Clapton. He helped to invent the sounds of Heavy Metal and Hard Rock (look at the Yardbirds and the Truth era), he can play Jazz-Fusion with any group, and he can knock out Rockabilly with the best of them. Mr. Beck can hit notes on a guitar, thanks to the use of his whammy bar, typically reserved for instruments from India. What has made Beck my favorite guitarist is his sense of adventure. Who else on an album can go from blues, to jazz, to hard rock, to classical on one album and make it all fit so perfect? JEFF BECK that is who. I typically go for music that is avant garde (King Crimson i.e. the Projekcts, David Torn, Henry Kaiser etc..) Jeff Beck's sense of reckless abandon fits these musicians, to my ears anyway. If I have any complaint, and this is minor, and probably stupid of me to say, I don't care to hear vocals on a Jeff Beck album. I buy his stuff for the sounds he makes and the notes he plays period. I know it may help him to sell albums, (look at what "People Get Ready" from Flash did for that album), but c'mon Jeff the voice of your guitar is plenty for me. Buy this and see him live!! You will LOVE both experiences.

Biography

Born: June 24, 1944 in Wallington, Surrey, England

Genre: Rock

Years Active: '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s

While he was as innovative as Jimmy Page, as tasteful as Eric Clapton, and nearly as visionary as Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck never achieved the same commercial success as any of those contemporaries, primarily because of the haphazard way he approached his career. After Rod Stewart left the Jeff Beck Group in 1971, Beck never worked with a charismatic lead singer who could have helped sell his music to a wide audience. Furthermore, he was simply too idiosyncratic, moving from heavy metal to jazz fusion...
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