"Honu"
Joe Locke / Geoffrey Keezer Group live in Germany 2007

"Summertime"
Joe Locke & Geoffrey Keezer live at Tokyo Jazz Festival 2005

"Van Gogh By Numbers"
From "Live in Seattle.

"Tulipa"
From "Live in Seattle.

Joe Locke
Introducing "Live in Seattle" - Joe Locke talks about the new album.

The Joe Locke / Geoffrey Keezer Group

On vibraphone, Joe Locke is a worthy successor to past vibe masters Bobby Hutcherson and Milt Jackson. His releases over the past two decades, first as a sideman, then as leader, showcase his talent for playing with both lyrical beauty and incredible speed. Geoffrey Keezer was a piano prodigy who joined Art Blakey's famed Jazz Messengers at the tender age of 17. He has worked with virtually all of the living legends of jazz and has appeared on countless recordings both as a leader and as a side man.

The unique combination of vibraphone and piano creates a space much larger than the sum of its parts -- one in which these two brilliant improvisers and clever accompanists can really get down to work. When Locke lays down the full, ringing tones of his vibraphone, Keezer takes off at full throttle; and when Keezer's sophisticated spatial sense launches chords, Locke works his four mallets with fiery skill. Even when navigating tricky chord progressions at rocket speeds, they never lose their deep sense of swing.

The quartet's releases from the last two years, are melodically rich and endlessly inventive. Live, though, they are on another level altogether. Keezer and Locke not only play each other's nimble and lyrical compositions, but seem to think each other's musical thoughts.

The quartet is completed by the incredible talents of drummer Terreon Gully and bassist Mike Pope.

Watch out for the upcoming release of The Joe Locke / Geoffrey Keezer Group, "Live in Seattle", on the Origin label.

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