Fugs 4 rounders score3/14/2024 Rock is generally disparaged by jazz buffs as a brutally simplistic form. Beck has come to fame as a rock guitarist, and his work here is anchored in the gritty colors and the formal clarity of the best rock. Especially since the jazz‐rock wave had seemed to be ebbing of late, with much of the vitality in long, extended instrumentals taken over by rock bands (the Allman Brothers, the Grateful Dead) and even, in a far more formalized way, by disco ensembles.īut what makes the record good also leads one to speculate on the relationship between rock and jazz, and on their fusion in general. This is, at its best, as convincing a jazz‐rock record as has come along in quite some time. JEFF BECK'S new record, “Wired,” is good in itself -so good, that its excellence alone might be worthy of comment.
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