Gordon Beck – Sunbird (JMS, 1979)

Gordon Beck (p, el p); Allan Holdsworth (g, el vn); Jean-François Jenny-Clark (b); Aldo Romano (d)

Recorded in June & July 1979

Released on Frenchman Jean-Marie Salhani's JMS label, this wonderful LP features a pan-European quartet with Englishmen Gordon Beck and Allan Holdsworth, French bassist Jean-François Jenny-Clark, and Italian drummer Aldo Romano.

This is fusion-y electric jazz with a heart.

More Gordon Beck

Listeners interested in digging more deeply into Gordon Beck discography should consider:

- Jazz Trio (Dire/Art of Life, 1972) - with Ron Mathewson and Daniel Humair

- The French Connection (Owl, 1978)

- Seven Steps To Evans: A Tribute to the Compositions of Bill Evans (MPS, 1980) - with Ron Mathewson, Tony Oxley, Stan Sulzmann & Kenny Wheeler