Joe Locke

Joseph Paul Locke ( born March 18, 1959 in Palo Alto, California, USA) is an American jazz vibraphonist and composer.

Career

After initially even learned improvisation technique Locke studied classical percussion and composition at the prestigious Eastman School of Music under John Beck, Gordon Stout, Ted Moore and David Mancini. Since then, Locke received great recognition by the international press and the music industry, both as a soloist and as a band leader and producer.

Work

As a jazz musician Joe Locke was able to work before graduating from high school with musicians like Dizzy Gillespie, Pepper Adams and Mongo Santamaría. Since moving to New York City in 1981, he worked successfully together with among others Grover Washington Jr., Kenny Barron, Dianne Reeves, Eddie Daniels, Jerry Gonzalez's Fort Apache band, Rod Stewart, The Beastie Boys, Eddie Henderson, Hiram Bullock, Bob Berg, Ron Carter, Jimmy Scott, Geoffrey Keezer, the Mingus Big Band and Randy Brecker. In 2011 he worked at Ryan True Dells Centennial - with Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans.

His album Rev.elation - a tribute to the vibraphonist Milt Jackson - reached 2005/2006 as the first album, a record-breaking eight-week No. 1 ranking in the U.S. Jazz Week charts.

Solo Discography (excerpt)

  • 2013 - Lay Down My Heart ( Blues & Ballads, Volume 1) - with David Finck, Ryan Cohan, Jaimeo Brown
  • 2012 - Signing - with Geoffrey Keezer, Terreon Gully, Mike Pope
  • 2011 - VIA - with Geoffrey Keezer, Tim Garland ( Origin )
  • 2010 - For The Love Of You - with Geoffrey Keezer, George Mraz, Clarence Penn and Kenny Washington (E1 Music)
  • 2009 - Mutual Admiration Society 2 - with David Hazeltine ( Sharp Nine )
  • 2008 - Force of Four - ( Origin )
  • 2008 - Verrazano Moon - Joe Locke & Frank Kimbrough ( Omnitone )
  • 2007 - Sticks and Strings - The Joe Locke Quartet (Music Eyes)
  • 2006 - Live in Seattle - Joe Locke / Geoffrey Keezer Group ( Origin )
  • 2005 - Van Gogh by Numbers - with Christos Rafalides (Wire Walker)
  • 2005 - Rev.elation - A Milt Jackson Tribute ( Sharp Nine Records )
  • 2005 - Summertime - with Geoff Keezer ( Eighty Eight 's / Sony Music)
  • 2004 - Summer Knows - with Geoff Keezer ( Eighty Eight 's / Sony Music)
  • 2004 - Dear Life - Joe Locke & 4 Walls Of Freedom ( Sirocco Music)
  • 2003-4 Walls Of Freedom ( Sirocco Music)
  • 2002 - State Of Soul - ( Sirocco Music)
  • 2001 - Storytelling - ( Sirocco Music)
  • 2001 - The Willow - with Frank Kimbrough ( Omnitone )
  • 2001 - Beauty Burning - ( Sirocco Music)
  • 1999 - Mutual Admiration Society - with David Hazletine Quartet ( Sharp Nine )
  • 1999 - Saturn 's Child - with / Frank Kimbrough ( Omnitone )
  • 1999 - Slander and other Love Songs - ( Milestone )
  • 1998 - Sound Tracks - ( Milestone )
  • 1996 - Inner Space - ( Steeplechase )
  • 1995 - Wire Walker - ( Steeplechase )
  • 1995 - Moment To Moment - ( Milestone )
  • 1995 - But Beautiful - ( Steeplechase )
  • 1994 - Wire Walker - with Kenny Barron ( Steeplechase )
  • 1994 - Longing - ( Steeplechase )
  • 1989 - Present Tense - with Kenny Barron ( Milestone )
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