THE JOE LOCKE GROUP W/KENNY WASHINGTON
Vibraphonist Joe Locke and vocalist Kenny Washington bring their long-standing jazz credentials to bear on the music of some of our most well-loved pop, rock and soul artists in an evening of music that’s guaranteed to land in your head, heart, and below-the-waist.
Joe’s arrangements and his tightly-knit quartet provide the framework for Kenny to shine on some classic hits by Sam Cooke, Bill Withers, Steely Dan, India Arie, Billy Joel and Stevie Wonder, among many others. Considering the fact that Todd Barkan, Keystone Korner’s artistic director, was responsible for Joe and Kenny’s very first collaboration 15 years ago, this is going to feel like a homecoming. Don’t miss it!
Joe Locke (vibes)
Jim Ridl (piano)
Lorin Cohen (bass)
Samvel Sarkisyan (drums)
special guests:
Kenny Washington (vocals)
Doug Beavers (trombone)
Showtimes:
Streaming: Fri, Sat, Sun July 22~24, 7:30 pm | $10 + $1.70 fee
Fri, Sat, Sun: July 22~24, 7:30 pm & 10:00 pm | $35 – $45 + $3.46 – $4.16 fee
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JOE LOCKE QUARTET
Joe Locke Quartet featuring Joe Locke (vibes), Jim Ridl (piano), Jay Anderson (bass) and Samvel Sarkisyan (drums).
Vibraphonist Joe Locke is widely considered to be one of the lead voices on his instrument, having won numerous awards and polls, including the 2006, 2008, and 2009 “Mallet Player of the Year” award from the Jazz Journalists Association.
Showtimes: 7:00 pm & 9:30 pm
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Wilhelm Josef Grah was born on June 24, 1928 in Bergisch-Gladbach, Germany. He led his own quintet from 1949 to 1953, then performed and recorded with Fatty George 1954-1959. I
During the 1960s he moved to Austria where he hosted a radio show in Vienna. He officially became a citizen in 1970. In the 1970s he played with the Austrian Barrelhouse Jazz Band and also led his own quintet.
Pianist and vibraphonist, who led a trio, quintet, sextet, big band and orchestra, transitioned on September 17, 1996 in Vienna.
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Joseph A. Venuto, Jr. was born on June 20, 1929 in Bronx, New York into an Italian immigrant family where he received his first drum kit from his grandfather. Having had lessons with Henry Adler, he moved on to Phil Kraus to learn mallet percussion. After earning a master’s degree from the Manhattan School of Music, he became a member of the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra, with whom he made his first recordings Doodletown Races on the RCA label in 1953. He was a featured soloist with the orchestra on Solo for Joe and Swingcussion. The DownBeat Reader’s Poll voted him the best vibraphonist that year.
From the mid-1950s, Venuto worked with Billy Byers in the Westchester Workshop, the Kent Harian Orchestra, Bobby Dukoff, and the Johnny Richards Orchestra before joining Radio City Music Hall as a session musician in the recording and television studios. By 1959 he recorded his debut album for Everest Records under his own name.
Between 1953 and 1975 Joe was involved in 104 recording sessions with Jack Teagarden, Kenyon Hopkins, Rex Stewart, The Creed Taylor Orchestra, Irene Kral/Al Cohn Orchestra, Mary Ann McCall, Don Costa, Hal Mooney, Ruth Brown, Gene Krupa and His Orchestra, LaVern Baker, Budd Johnson, Marion Montgomery, Benny Goodman, Shirley Scott, Solomon Burke, Gary McFarland, Johnny Hodges, Hank Jones/Oliver Nelson, and numerous more.
the early 1970s when he was in his Forties, he left New York City and moved to Reno, Nevada. He met, married, performed and recorded with his wife, harpist Bev Colgan, in a harp/vibes duo. Percussionist Joe Venuto, who also played the vibraphone, marimba, bongos and drums, transitioned on Feb. 14, 2019 at age 89.
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Thore Swanerud was born June 18, 1919 in Stockholm, Sweden. He started out his professional career playing extensively with major Swedish dance bands in the 1940s, such as those of Simon Brehm, Miff Görling, and Stan Hasselgård.
In 1949-1951 Thore led his own six-piece ensemble, then led smaller groups in the 1950s and 1960s. His associations include work with Ernestine Anderson and James Moody.
He is best remembered for an eight-bar improvised solo he made during a 1949 recording of I’m In The Mood For Love, in a quintet headed by Moody while touring Sweden. Eddie Jefferson created the 1952 song Moody’s Mood For Love in vocalese style by adapting lyrics to Moody’s song. The song later became a jazz standard, covered by many singers.
Pianist, vibraphonist, arranger, conductor, and composer Thore Swanerud, who scored three films, appeared in two and recorded five albums and five singles, transitioned in Stockholm on December 8, 1988.
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