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Joe Locke: Slander (And Other Love Songs)

by Douglas Payne
November 1, 1998

This superb quintet session is the third, and undoubtedly best Milestone disc 39-year-old vibraphonist Joe Locke has released to date. Locke, a veteran of the Mingus Big Band and former Pepper Adams, Eddie Henderson, Dianne Reeve and Hiram Bullock sideman, has made his strongest personal statement with Slander (And Other Love Songs).The influence of Bobby Hutcherson is overwhelming here -- especially as evidenced by the strong boppish originals Locke has crafted (the exceptional “Song for Cables," ...