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Joe Locke: Are You Ready for Him?
by Jason West
Are you ready for Joe Locke? Are you ready for Joe Locke? Well you best get ready, Seattle, because he's getting ready for you. That's the word out of NYC where the cutting edge, critically-acclaimed vibraphonist has been rehearsing a new band with new music arranged especially for November 19, Locke's date with the Ballard Jazz ...
Big Town
Album: Rev-elation
By Joe Locke
Label: Sharp Nine Records
Released: 2005
Duration: 7:22
Joe Locke: Rev-elation
by John Kelman
Some instruments are so popular that tracing a contemporary artist's roots can be complicated--and one player's influences can be diametrically opposed to those of another. Saxophonist Eric Alexander's foundation in Dexter Gordon, for example, differs substantially from David Liebman's post-Coltrane sensibility. But with less commonplace instruments like the vibraphone, it's easier to trace a clear lineage. ...
Dear Life
By Joe Locke
Label: Sirocco Music Limited
Released: 2004
Track listing: Wind in Your Willow; Dear Life; Cut and Paste; Eva; Ennui; For B.B.; Manhattan Rain; Malonius; Verrazano Moon.
Joe Locke & 4 Walls Of Freedom: Dear Life
by Elliott Simon
Consider the following: A musical concept that allows for total freedom within the context of the four walls of melody, rhythm, harmony and form is brought to fruition. Each player brings to this space instrumental virtuosity, a unique timbre, and a personal sense of dynamics and coloration. The first heady energetic foray into these circumscribed confines ...
Joe Locke: On the Ascension, Part 2-2
by John Kelman
Part 1 | Part 2 Vibraphonist Joe Locke, while present on the music scene for over twenty years, has only recently begun to carve a unique place for himself with projects including woodwind player Tim Garland's Storms/Nocturnes Trio and his own 4 Walls of Freedom band. Part 1 of this interview examined Locke's development ...
Joe Locke: On the Ascension, Part 1-2
by John Kelman
Part 1 | Part 2 While vibraphonist Joe Locke has been on the scene for over twenty years, it is only in the past half decade or so that his name has begun to reach a broader audience. This is in no small part due to his participation in two seminal groups: British reed ...
Joe Locke & 4 Walls of Freedom: Dear Life
by John Kelman
Following one of the most critically acclaimed records of your career can be tough; doubly so when one of the key group members has tragically passed on. Vibraphonist Joe Locke, who scored big with 2003's 4 Walls of Freedom , was faced with exactly that challenge. Between the time the album was recorded and released tenor ...
The Lay of the Land
By Mike Pope
Label: Whaling City Sound
Released: 2003
Track listing: The First Order of Business; Essence; At Home Again; The Lay of the Land; Cherokee; Climate; The
Avid Listener; The Way You Look Tonight; The Star Spangled Banner.
