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A resident in the UK since 1954, Harry Beckett had an international reputation. In 1961, he played with Charles Mingus in the film All Night Long. In the late 1960s he worked and recorded within the band of bass player and composer Graham Collier. Since 1970, he has been leading groups of his own, recording for Philips, RCA and Ogun Records amongst other labels. He was a key figure of important groups in the British free jazz/improvised music scene, including Ian Carr's Nucleus, the Brotherhood of Breath and The Dedication Orchestra, London Jazz Composers Orchestra, London Improvisers Orchestra, John Surman's...

Beckett (1974) - редкий сегодня альбом одноименной британской группы, работавшей в нише тяжелого прога. По большому счету - хард-рок. Команда выпустила всего один лонгплей, который сегодня является безусловным раритетом. Кроме того, музыка заслуживает серьезного внимания всех приверженцев этого стиля. Группа была детищем замечательного клавишника Тима Хинкли, уже знакомого нам по коллективу Jody Grind. Позднее он играл у Роджера Чэпмена в Streetwalkers и Чэпмен, кстати, стал продюсером этого альбома Beckett. Можно смело говорить о "музыкальном наследии", несмотря на короткую жизнь этого бэнда. Многие музыкальные фразы и находки были использованы позднее гораздо более известными коллективами, а композицию A Rainbows Gold, которая была...

William Beckett (born February 11, 1985) is an American musician best known for his work with the now-defunct Chicago based band The Academy Is... (TAI), who were signed to Atlantic Records/Fueled by Ramen/Decaydance Records. While still in high school in 2002, Beckett and guitarist Mike Carden came together from rival bands in Chicago to form The Academy Is.... In addition to founding the band, Beckett and Carden are credited as the primary songwriters. In 2007, Alex Davies from the BBC described Beckett as a mix of Adam Lazzara and Prince, labeling him "utterly captivating". Music Beckett started writing music for...

Samuel Barclay Beckett (13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish avant-garde novelist, playwright, theatre director, and poet. He wrote both in English and French. His work offers a bleak, tragicomic outlook on human culture, often coupled with black comedy and gallows humour. Beckett is widely regarded as among the most influential writers of the 20th century. Strongly influenced by James Joyce, he is considered one of the last modernists. As an inspiration to many later writers, he is also sometimes considered one of the first postmodernists. He is one of the key writers in what Martin Esslin...