★★★★★
The successful combination of two chordal instruments?like vibes and piano?requires giant ears and mutual respect in order to avoid melodic pile-ups and harmonic collisions. On this CD, vibraphonist and composer Joe Locke
Joe Locke
b.1959 vibraphone
and pianist Ryan Cohan
Ryan Cohan
b.1971 piano
provide a textbook example of how this is done...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2013-06-28
★★★★★
Buy it from Buy the CDJoe LockeLay Down My Heart: Blues & Ballads Vol 1Motéma Music2013 It's virtually impossible to make an ugly sound on the vibraphone, but not all players make the same sound. You could never, for instance, mistake the lazy warmth of Joe Locke for the icicle clarity of Gary Burton...
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2013-06-17
★★★★★
Bob Sneider/Joe Locke Film Noir Project Nocturne for Ava Origin 2009 Joe Locke/David Hazeltine Mutual Admiration Society 2 Sharp Nine 2009 The versatility of vibraphonist Joe Locke comes to the fore here, one album moody with intricately arranged, programmatic/impressionistic music, the other a loose quartet date emphasizing solos as much as tunes...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2010-08-20
★★★★★
Track Listing: K-Man's Crew, I Say a Little Prayer, Can We Talk...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2010-08-20
★★★★★
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 Festival. A world premiere of sorts. Raise your hand if you dig, Seattle...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2010-08-20
★★★★★
Jazz has a history of inclusiveness, accepting the influences of music from around the globe. It also knows no boundaries when it comes to instrumentation, accommodating all kinds of axes if they are played in the spirit of jazz. Rufus Harley even brought the unlikely bagpipes into the lexicon, playing the sound of surprise on the cumbersome instrument. Is it broad enough to welcome its first virtuoso glockenspielist... glockenspieler? ... glockenspielarian? Alas, the world may never know...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2010-08-20
★★★★★
Track Listing: Two For The Road; Old Devil Moon; For The Love Of You; Verrazano Moon; I Miss New York (When I Been Gone Too Long; Birds; The Shadow Of Your Smile; Cinema Paradiso; Pure Imagination; Bright Side Up. Personnel: Joe Locke: vibes; Geoffrey Keezer: piano; George Mraz: bass; Clarence Penn: drums; Kenny Washington: vocals...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2010-08-20
★★★★★
Joe Locke Sticks and Strings Jazzeyes 2007 Thomas Marriott Both Sides of the Fence Origin 2007 Peeved when my MacBook continuously spit out the new Joe Locke CD Sticks and Strings, my resentment vanished upon the moment I finally heard its opening notes. Locke's vibraphone chimes with a brilliance that vanquishes dingy demeanors instantly. Sticks and Strings' gleaming lacquer modulates between swank substance and serendipitous originality...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2010-08-20
★★★★★
Track Listing: Pharoah Joy; The Peacocks; One For Reedy Ree; Twelve; What's Not To Love?; Convocation; If It's Magic; Blues For Buddy. Personnel: Joe Locke: vibes; David Hazeltine: piano; Essiet Essiet: bass; Billy Drummond: drums...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2010-08-20
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