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Manhattan Vibes: Blue November
by Dan Bilawsky
Manhattan Vibes is a spot-on double entendre, referencing the vibraphone focal point that is Christos Rafalides and the hustle and bustle of the world's busiest city, which manifests itself in the group's music. Rafalides, who hails from Kozani, Greece and adopted New York as his new home, waited more than a decade to make a follow-up ...
The Joe Locke / Geoffrey Keezer Group, Half Moon Bay, CA, July 8, 2012
by Bill Leikam
Joe Locke / Geoffrey Keezer GroupDouglas Beach HouseHalf Moon Bay, CaliforniaJuly 8, 2012Vibraphonist Joe Locke and keyboardist Geoffrey Keezer have both played the Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society at the Douglas Beach House before Sunday July 8th, 2012, but with this appearance of the Joe Locke / Geoffrey Keezer Group, the ...
Joe Locke: Chemistry and Camaraderie
by Seton Hawkins
Even within a musical genre noted for its artists' restless creativity and ability to meld and merge with other styles, vibraphonist Joe Locke stands out as exceptional for his unceasing musical curiosity and sweeping vision. Since his arrival on the New York jazz scene nearly 30 years ago, Locke has amassed a performance résumé that includes ...
Joe Locke / Geoffrey Keezer Group: Signing
by Dan Bilawsky
Signing is only the second release from the co-led Joe Locke / Geoffrey Keezer Group, but both men have traveled plenty of musical miles together, both on record and on stage. They've worked in trio with reed man Tim Garland under the Storms/Nocturnes moniker, produced compelling music for the Japanese marketplace using the New Sound Quartet ...
Take Five With Alan Blackman
by AAJ Staff
Meet Alan Blackman: Baltimore-based pianist and award-winning composer Alan Blackman and his ensembles have performed at Blues Alley, the Kennedy Center, and many festivals and venues from San Francisco to New York. Recent performances have been with Donny McCaslin, Vardan Ovsepian, Ferenc Nemeth, Mike Pope, Warren Wolf, Tim Green, Alex Norris, and Sunna Gunnlaugs, ...
The Summerfold Collection 1987-2008
By Bill Bruford
Label: KOCH Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: CD1: Up North (Bill Bruford's Earthworks MKI); My Heart Declares a Holiday (Bill Bruford's Earthworks MKI);
Pilgrims Way (Bill Bruford's Earthworks MKI); Stromboli Kicks (Bill Bruford's Earthworks MKI); Temple of the
Winds (Bill Bruford's Earthworks MKI); Candles Still Flicker in Romania's Dark (Bill Bruford's Earthworks MKI);
Nerve (Bill Bruford's Earthworks MKI); It Needn't End in Tears (Bill Bruford's Earthworks MKI); If Summer Had Its
Ghosts (with Ralph Towner & Eddie Gomez); Thistledown (with Ralph Towner & Eddie Gomez); Dewey-Eyed,
Then Dancing (Bill Bruford's Earthworks MKII); No Truce With the Furies (Bill Bruford's Earthworks MKII). CD2:
Revel Without a Pause (Bill Bruford's Earthworks MKII); The Sound of Surprise (Bill Bruford's Earthworks MKII);
The 16 Kingdoms of the 5 Barbarians (with Michiel Borstlap); Kinship (with Michiel Borstlap); From the Source,
We Tumble Headlong (with Michiel Borstlap); Baye Kene N'Diaye (The World Drummers Ensemble); Footloose
and Fancy Free (Tim Garland's Underground Orchestra); Come to Dust (Bill Bruford's Earthworks MKII); White
Knuckle Wedding (Bill Bruford's Earthworks MKII, featuring Tim Garland); Beelzebub (Bill Bruford's Earthworks
MKII, featuring Tim Garland).
Earthworks Underground Orchestra
By Bill Bruford
Label: Summerfold Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Libreville; Up North; Pigalle; Speaking in Wooden Tongues; Footloose and Fancy Free; Bajo del Sol; It
Needn't End in Tears; The Wooden Man Sings, and the Stone Woman Dances.
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.
Mike Pope: The Lay of the Land
by Alexander M. Stern
In a year that has already produced a number of excellent recordings, Mike Pope's The Lay of the Land may well be one of the best. It's certainly one of the most exciting new albums this reviewer has heard in a long time. Pope, who excels on both acoustic and electric bass, has surrounded himself with ...
Mike Pope: The Lay of the Land
by Phil DiPietro
Mike Pope plays a mean piano. He's also a noted inventor, designing and building pre-amps for the boutique bass builders Fodera. But really he's a bassist; and not surprisingly, a skilled, er... pontif--icator on both electric and acoustic. He's also a fine mainstream jazz composer and has assembled an all-star cast of musicians here, including heavy ...
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