Jazz Articles about Joe Locke

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Eddie Henderson: Reemergence

by Douglas Payne
September 1, 1999

Trumpeter Eddie Henderson has recorded more consistently throughout the 1990s (for Steeplechase and Milestone) than he did during the previous decade, so this really isn't a “reemergence" at all. It is, however, among one of his finest albums since what remains his very best--his first two kosimgroovy solo albums, cut for Capricorn in 1973 and inexcusably unavailable ever since.On Reemergence, Henderson traverses a variety of interesting spaces with Milesian pronouncements that have certainly become his own, rich as ...

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Joe Locke/David Hazletine Quartet: Mutual Admiration Society

by Douglas Payne
September 1, 1999

Consummate relational jazz seems completely outdated. Groups are thrown together in studios to record music obviously calculated to sell. To guess, special-guest announcements for jazz records that include the names Wynton Marsalis or John Medeski must get cash registers to ring.But such back-in-the-day collaborations as Duke Ellington and John Coltrane - designed to send alternative messages to the prevailing attitudes about each -- even made a certain sense. Certainly the master and master pupil interchange was challenging to ...

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Joe Locke / David Hazeltine Quartet: Mutual Admiration Society

by Jack Bowers
August 1, 1999

This is a sparkling, deeply–grooved session by four seasoned pros whose musical temperaments are perfectly harmonized. While Locke and Hazeltine, both 40, have known each other for more than a decade, Mutual Admiration Society marks their first collaborative effort in a recording studio, one in which the reciprocal esteem is evident from start to finish. Locke and Hazeltine are so harmoniously well–matched that one sometimes wonders if they mightn’t be able to read each other’s thoughts. Also on the same ...

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Eddie Henderson: Reemergence

by C. Andrew Hovan
August 1, 1999

Considering that he's approaching his 60th birthday, you'd think that trumpeter Eddie Henderson would be better known than what he is. But of course we also have to take into consideration that there are actually two Eddies- the jazz musician and Dr. Henderson the practicing psychiatrist. Yet despite his dual activities and the limitations of a 24-hour day, the jazz trumpeter in Henderson has matured into a distinctive stylists who has taken as much from the '70s period of jazz ...

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Joe Locke/David Hazeltine: Mutual Admiration Society

by C. Andrew Hovan
July 1, 1999

It's only about half way through the year, but this one proves to be strong contender for one of the best releases of 1999. The little label that could out of Westfield, New Jersey keeps cranking out some vigorous and very substantial music and so it should come to no surprise that they would be behind this very imaginative endeavor. Of the two front men here, vibraphonist Joe Locke probably carries more name recognition. He's recently recorded a string of ...

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Eddie Henderson Quintet: Reemergence

by Jack Bowers
April 1, 1999

Eddie Henderson is one of those immoderately talented but relatively unsung players who are known as “musicians' musicians," mainly because the public at large has almost no idea who they are or what they are capable of doing--which in Henderson's case is almost anything he pleases, at least on trumpet. The 58--year--old veteran was influenced by Miles Davis, studied informally with Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan, jammed alongside Woody Shaw, and has played with some of the best--known names in ...

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Joe Locke Quintet: Slander (And Other Love Songs)

by Glenn Astarita
April 1, 1999

Vibraphonist Joe Locke has been a much in demand session musician for several years but steps out as a leader and composer in impressive fashion on “Slander (And Other Love Songs)”.

Locke’s “Song For Cables”, commences with verve and exhilaration as the seasoned rhythm section of Rufus Reid (b) and Gene Jackson (d) set an up-tempo and furious pulse underneath Locke’s multi-colored vibes. Here and throughout Locke displays blistering hand speed with his mallets. The vastly under recognized guitarist, Vic ...