Nina Beck as Performer
With Tera Johnson & Blue Element Trio, 2004:
Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise
W/ Kermit Welch Dining Trio, 2003:
With the Garrett King Group, Aug. 2000:
With Nina's "All Key'd Up" Trio, Feb. 2004:
Nina Beck (BMI) as Songwriter
Recorded by Country Artist Dainel Jackson, 1998 and 2003:
Loving Me Up While You're Letting Me Down
Co-written w/ Bert Swanson, Publisher, Music in the Right Keys Publishing Co. (BMI):
Positive message song, co-written with Joe Barile (BMI) (music) and recorded at Joe Barile, Jr.'s studio, Angel's Gate, San Pedro, CA, summer 2006:
The following song was also co-written with Joe Barile (BMI) (music) and recorded at Joe Barile, Jr.'s studio, as above. Two versions are presented here:
Groovin' on Love - Female (Nina's) vocal version. This recording of "Groovin'..." was nominated to song pitching service Song Domain's "Song Bank" for March, 2007!
Groovin' on Love - "Scat" keyboard setting version. This exciting rendition sounds like jazz singers doing "vocalese" and bouncing off one another!
Summer Season - A lively Bossa Nova about summer romance, featuring a flute solo by Nina as well as Nina's vocal.
With the Tony Di Giovanni Trio, Mar. '07 (Tony, drums; Donnell Lambert, bass) at The Spot in Pasadena:
Switch In Time - Big band tune by Sammy Nestico, also great as played by a combo!
I've Got A Crush On You - Nina's vocal interpretation of this classic Gershwin tune.
"Marriage of songs & artists" - The Ken Sherman Quartet, 2011, @ Adamos Studio. Ken, flute; myself, baby grand; Frank Schatz, bass; & Joel Minamide, drums, playing 3 great classic standards: