Once again, Joe Locke has been added to the list nominees for the annual Jazz Journalists Association Awards in the "Mallet Player of the Year" category.
The winners will be announced on June 18, 2008 at the awards ceremony at the Jazz Standard in NYC.
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We have finally started to make selected compositions of Joe Locke's available online as downloadable PDFs. And because of the special occasion, the first four tunes are free for a limited time:
"Sword Of Whispers", "K-Man's Crew", "Smoke and Mirrors" (aka "Now In Darkness I Dream") and "Saturn's Child"
More sheet music coming soon. Stay tuned!
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One of a number of videos we will be publishing over the next weeks in the run-up to Joe Locke's appearances and in Europe and the forthcoming release of his new album "Force of Four" later this year: The Joe Locke / Geoffrey Keezer Group featuring Terreon Gully, Mike Pope and Jonathan Kreisberg at last year's JazzBaltica Festival in Germany, playing "Honu".
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"If points were given for versatility, vibist Joe Locke would top the poll every time. He's equally at home interpreting contemporary pop music, exploring his own multifaceted compositions, or — as Live at JazzBaltica shows — cooking with Brazilian rhythms..."
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Just released on the Savant label and now in stores everywhere is Wayne Escoffery's new album "Hopes And Dreams". Again he has teamed up with that select group of fellow musicians - now under the band name "Veneration", the title of their first recording - featuring Hans Glawischnig, Lewis Nash, Johnathan Blake, Joe Locke and Tom Harrell as special guest.
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In time for the release of "Live at JazzBaltica" – in stores from March 25, 2008 on MAXJAZZ – we are making three live videos available from the very same concert. Recorded by 3sat on July 1st, 2007 in Salzau (Northern Germany) and broadcast last October on German television, these excerpts provide a unique insight into the captivating musical synergy that these four musicians are creating on stage.
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The Joe Locke Quartet, featuring Jonathan Kreisberg, Jay Anderson and Joe La Barbera played in front of a packed house at the A-Trane Jazz Club in Berlin on November 05, 2007. Watch this exclusive video of "The Rosario Material" from this performance, or visit the Joe Locke Quartet project page for more details about the band.
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