Traveling West – Gerald Beckett

Catalog number: 387

Tracks:

	01 Mr. Kenyatta comp: Lee Morgan
	02 Pipes comp: Graham Bruce
	03 Once Forgotten comp: Pam Watson
	04 Hammer Head comp: Wayne Shorter
	05 Little Waltz comp: Ron Carter
	06 Cool Breeze comp: Gerald Beckett
	07 Traveling West comp: Graham Bruce, Artt Frank
	08 The Peacocks comp: Jimmy Rowles
	09 2020 Groove Street comp: Gerald Beckett, Clifford Lamb

Gerald Beckett started playing saxophone at the age of 11. He switched to flute as an undergraduate at North Texas State University. It wasn’t until moving to San Francisco in 1985 that he began to immerse himself in the jazz scene, studying with the likes of Mel Martin, Brian Pardo, John Gove and Jim Grantham.

“…with the help of an excellent group of friends/musicians, who round out with harmonic depth or percussive intensity the musical suggestions that the flutist makes, Gerald Beckett has produced one of those rare releases that are available too seldom of late: a jazz flute album.” – Jazz Review.com

“This excellent sophomore date as a leader makes Gerald Beckett a talent worthy of wider recognition in the jazz community.” -Ken Dryden – All Music Guide

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