Song:Signing
Album:Signing
Vibraphonist Joe Locke and pianist Geoffrey Keezer are two of today's top jazz musicians. After working together on other projects, they recorded the 2006 album Live In Seattle as a duo. The album was so well received they recorded a second album in 2012. I have featured Locke before but I haven't featured Keezer. He was born Nov. 20, 1970 in Eau Claire, WI. At age 18 he was pianist for the final version of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. Blakey died in 1990. Keezer joined Art Farmer's band in 1990. He recorded several albums as a leader in the 90s. But he also toured with Ray Brown and Christian McBride. He seems more comfortable as a sideman than as a leader. And it's around 2000 that he first recorded with Locke in the band Storms/Nocturnes with sax player Tim Garland and singer Mark Ledford. That band recorded two albums. Then they recorded two albums as The New Sound Quartet for a Japanese label. Drummer Terrion Gully was on the second album. This led to the 2006 album Live In Seattle by the Joe Locke/Geoffrey Keezer Group. Gully was the drummer and Mike Pope played bass. The band toured and the album was so well received that Locke was looking to record a second album with this band. After a 2011 Storms/Nocturnes album, Locke signed a new contract with Motema Music and he decided to reform the Joe Locke/Geoffrey Keezer Group for the 2012 album Signing. They toured to support the album. Of course this band could record again. But these guys are so busy that might not happen for several years. It certainly kicked off Locke's Motema deal with a bang and he still records for them. Here's the Electronic Press Kit for the 2012 album Signing by the Joe Locke/Geoffrey Keezer Group.
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