During the making of his new album, “Emotion & Commotion,” Jeff Beck had an accident that is every guitarist’s worst nightmare: he chopped off the top of his finger while slicing a carrot. A surgeon sewed it back on, but he had to finish the album using just three fingers on his fretting hand.

It is a testament to his amazing prowess and technique that even the most well-trained ear cannot tell what performances were done in this fashion. Beck, of course, is considered by many to be one of the original “guitar gods” along with Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page, all of which began their careers in The Yardbirds. While the other two went on to mega-giant success, Beck remained a pop holdout, refusing to sing (with the exception of “Hi Ho Silver Lining,” a tune he refers to as “the great unmentionable”), and taking his music from blues-based rock with the Jeff Beck Group (the group that served as singer Rod Stewart’s debut) to jazz fusion (Blow By Blow, Wired) and back again.

“Emotion & Commotion” continues the tradition of profuse styles within the body of a Beck album. From the guitar pyrotechnics of “Hammerhead” to the sweet cover of the classic R&B hit “I Put A Spell On You,” featuring the vocals of Joss Stone, Beck runs the gamut and beyond.

Traces of an aborted classical project surface with a fabulously Fender Strat-ified version of “Nessun Dorma,” and a lovely instrumental version of “Somewhere Over The Rainbow” treads into golden oldie territory, with Beck somehow making his Stratocaster sound like a human voice, effectively summoning the ghost of Judy Garland.

Overall, “Emotion & Commotion” is another highly entertaining chapter in the storied history of one of the greatest guitarists in rock history.

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