 In the 1980s Beck recorded for DMP including with flautist Ali Ryerson.In 2000, he collaborated with guitarist Jimmy Bruno on "Polarity" and in 2008 on "Coincidence" with John Abercrombie.Beck worked as a sideman or session guitarist with a wide variety of well-known jazz, rock, and fusion musicians, including Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Buddy Rich, Woody Herman, Miles Davis, Maynard Ferguson, Howard Roberts, Tommy Tedesco, Larry Coryell, John Abercrombie, Tom Scott , Jeremy Steig, and Gabor Szabo.