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Joseph Paul Locke (born March 18, 1959) is an American jazz vibraphonist, composer, and educator. As a jazz musician, Locke was precocious, having played with musicians such as Dizzy Gillespie, Pepper Adams and Mongo Santamaría while in high school. Since moving to New York City in 1981, Locke has performed with Grover Washington, Jr., Kenny Barron, Dianne Reeves, Eddie Daniels, Jerry Gonzalez' Fort Apache Band, Rod Stewart, Beastie Boys, Eddie Henderson, Hiram Bullock, Bob Berg, Ron Carter, Jimmy Scott, Geoffrey Keezer, The Mingus Big Band and Randy Brecker, among many others. Locke has toured extensively throughout the world, both as leader and guest soloist. Some highlights include a 16-city tour of Russia, which culminated in a concert with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of violist Yuri Bashmet; a 30-city tour of all major capitals of Europe, performing Charles Mingus' magnum opus, "Epitaph", as a featured soloist under the direction of conductor Gunther Schuller; and a series of duet concerts in Italy with avant garde pianist Cecil Taylor. ==Biography== Joe Locke was born in Palo Alto, California, but raised in Rochester, New York. A self-taught improviser, he benefited from his early studies in classical percussion and composition at the Eastman School of Music with John Beck, Gordon Stout, Ted Moore and David Mancini. In 1998 Locke recorded a duet record with Frank Kimbrough, ''Saturn's Child''. The follow-up to this album, ''The Willow'' (Omnitone Records), found Locke and Kimbrough expanding the sonic palette by adding Tim Ries on woodwinds and Jeff Ballard on hand percussion. Collaborations with pianists such as Kenny Barron and David Hazeltine (''Mutual Admiration Society'') equally resulted in album releases. In 2000, Locke recorded his first album with Sirocco Records and continued to record for his groups such as Storytelling and Walls of Freedom, and as a member of Storms/Nocturnes, with Tim Garland and Geoffrey Keezer. The concept for the band Storytelling came out of meeting vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Mark Ledford in 1986 and produced two vocal-based recordings that featured Locke as a composer and lyricist: "Storytelling" and "State of Soul". Storms/Nocturnes so far have produced three recordings and numerous tours: 2001's "Storms/Nocturnes" and 2003's "Rising Tide". The trio reunited in 2010 for a select series of concerts in Europe and released the album "VIA" (Origin Music) in 2011. In 2004/2005 Locke teamed up again with pianist Keezer for two recordings on the Eighty Eight's label (Sony Music): ''Summer Knows'' and ''Summertime''. Completing the New Sound Quartet are bassist Bob Hurst and Billy Kilson on drums. This collaboration led to the creation of the Geoffrey Keezer Group, featuring Terreon Gully and Mike Pope and the 2005 Earshot Golden Ear Award-winning concert and subsequent album ''Live in Seattle'' (Origin Records). Since joining Motéma Music in 2011, the group has released their second album, ''Signing''. Locke has also been working intensively with fellow vibes and marimba artist Christos Rafalides, leading to the Locke/Rafalides Duo and Education Project in 2005, including the recording ''Van Gogh by Numbers'' (Wire Walker Music). Other recordings have found him guesting with Russell Malone, Eddie Higgins, Vic Juris, The New York Quartet (featuring Billy Childs, Idris Muhammed and Cameron Brown), Tim Garland's Storms/Nocturnes chamber trio and vocalist Dianne Reeves. While maintaining a busy touring schedule, Locke also finds time to work with student ensembles, teach at numerous educational institutions in the US and Europe and compose/arrange for the Airmen of Note (two performances in 2011 and 2012), the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra and the Jazz Band Classic of the New York Youth Symphony. In 2012/2013 Motéma Music released his first symphonic CD, a live recording with Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra, ''Wish Upon A Star'' (2012). His third release on the Motéma label, ''Lay Down My Heart – Blues & Ballads Vol 1'', reached the No. 1 position of the Jazz Week album charts in July 2013.〔"Jazz Chart: July 1, 2013" (Jazz Week album charts. ) Retrieved June 30, 2013.〕 Joe Locke was appointed International Vibraphone Consultant by the Royal Academy of Music, London in 2008 – a position which he holds on a visiting basis – and was elected Honorary Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (Hon ARAM) by the Governing Body in 2014.〔http://www.ram.ac.uk/find-people?pid=385〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joe Locke」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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