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Donald's Encyclopedia of Popular MusicA B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZLOCKE, Joe(b 18 March 1959, Palo Alto CA) Vibes, composer. Instructor at Hochstein School of Music in Rochester NY '77, toured and recorded with Spider Martin Quintet '76-8, backing guests Dizzy Gillespie, Pepper Adams, others (reedman Martin d 21 April 2000 aged 68). Locke led his own quintet in upstate NY '79-81; was a guest lecturer/clinician at Eastman School of Music (Rochester), several others from '83, the same year composing and performing a score for documentary film El Salvador/Another Vietnam. The Joe Locke/Phil Markowitz Quartet (with Eddie Gomez and Keith Copeland) played at Carnegie Hall '84, made an album in Rochester later called Restless Dreams on a Chief CD. Locke's Scenario '85 on Cadence was produced by bassist Fred Stone, with Jerry Bergonzi (see his entry), pianist Andy LaVerne (five years with Stan Getz), drummer Adam Nussbaum (with Getz, Gil Evans, Gary Burton). More Locke on Steeplechase: Present Tense '89 a quintet with Ron McClure on bass, Ronnie Burrage on drums; Longing '90 a sextet with Burrage; But Beautiful '91 a duo with Kenny Barron; Wire Walker '92 a quintet again with Marvin Smith on drums; Very Early '95 a trio with Nussbaum and McClure. Moment To Moment '94 on Mainstream was a quartet with Gomez playing the music of Henry Mancini. A prolific recording artist, Locke's new CD on Origin Records in 2008 was Force of Four, getting lots of jazz radio play with his new quartet including Robert Rodriguez on piano, Jonathan Blake on drums, Ricado Rodriguez on bass, augmented on two tracks by Wayne Escoffery on tenor and on another by trumpeter Thomas Marriott.
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