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Joe Locke: On the Ascension, Part 1-2

Read "Joe Locke: On the Ascension, Part 1-2" reviewed 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 ...

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Article: Album Review

Joe Locke & 4 Walls of Freedom: Dear Life

Read "Dear Life" reviewed 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 ...

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4 Walls Of Freedom

Label: Sirocco Music Limited
Released: 2003

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The Lay of the Land

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.

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State Of Soul

Label: Sirocco Music Limited
Released: 2002

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Beauty Burning

Label: Sirocco Music Limited
Released: 2000
Track listing: Litha; Twilight; Pools of Amber; Somewhere Waiting; Quite As It’s Kept; Where Is Love; I-95; Rasputainian Dance.

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Joe Locke: Beauty Burning

Read "Beauty Burning" reviewed by David Adler


Vibraphonist Joe Locke and pianist Frank Kimbrough have a developed a camaraderie that was well documented on 1999’s Saturn’s Child. Beauty Burning is the next chapter in that fruitful relationship, but this time bassist Ray Drummond and drummer Jeff “Tain" Watts join the party. Guitarist Paul Bollenback also appears on three tracks. Kicking off the session ...

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Joe Locke: Beauty Burning

Read "Beauty Burning" reviewed by David Adler


Vibraphonist Joe Locke and pianist Frank Kimbrough have a developed a camaraderie that was well documented on 1999’s Saturn’s Child. Beauty Burning is the next chapter in that fruitful relationship, but this time bassist Ray Drummond and drummer Jeff “Tain" Watts join the party. Guitarist Paul Bollenback also appears on three tracks. Kicking off the session ...

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Article: Album Review

Joe Locke: Beauty Burning

Read "Beauty Burning" reviewed by David A. Orthmann


On Beauty Burning, the fourteenth release under his own name, it's clear that vibraphonist Joe Locke was interested in making a good recording rather than merely providing a showcase for his own considerable talents. The disc is a thoughtful mixture of intimate, finely tuned ensemble playing and capable solos by the leader, pianist Frank Kimbrough, bassist ...

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Anytown

Label: Criss Cross
Released: 1999
Track listing: Anytown, Scottish Folk Song, Blues in the Day, Adrienne, Love for Sale, King Midas, Grand Delusion, Breakdown.


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