The guitarist, who died on Tuesday, could make his instrument slash, burn and sigh. Listen to tracks released from 1966 to 2010 that reveal his range and intensity. By Jon Pareles Songs could barely ...

The British-born artist, who famously enjoyed a musical friendship with actor-turned-guitar player Johnny Depp, influenced countless artists during his storied career. The two-time Rock & Roll Hall of ...

Make no mistake, while he never received such incendiary levels of popularity as Eric Clapton or Jimmy Page – his predecessor and successor respectively in The Yardbirds – Jeff Beck was without doubt ...

The two great fuzz-guitar riffs of 1965 were recorded just a few weeks apart, and Jeff Beck got there first, laying down his decade-defining, sitar-aping line on this hit before Keith Richards stomped ...

Jeff Beck, who died suddenly at the age of 78, was among the first and last of rock music’s epic guitar heroes. He played according to his own rules, with styles as unpredictable as the diverse genres ...