Joe Locke & Geoffrey Keezer: SUMMERTIME

[JasonDeCristofaro]

This is a burning version of Summertime! Rock on Joe and Keezer!

[cryptophyta]

amazing



[Boldstrummer]

This is real musicianship at the highest level. They both have awesome ears.

That makes the dialog possible.

[wiliscool]

first time i've literally dropped my jaw

[jccochlar]

@vibesoul13 what a pleasure, no?

[SpeedOfDark186Kmps]

Certainly unlike any version of Summertime that I've ever heard but I like it!

PS. Are you sure this is summertime? " It's summertime and the living is easy. The catfish are jumping, and the cotton is high." That summertime? I don't hear the tune at all.

[vibesoul13]

Just met Keezer tonight; such a talent!

[sanrig]

My name is Sandy from rochester ny. I used to date Joey Locke in the seventies. Their was a jazz club named Jenks & Jones where Joey played, and I used to go several times per wk. He played with Spider Martin then. Wow. What a blast from the past

[TheTizy89]

Wow! They're among my favourite. Thank's for this song.

[mientememami]

Good God, that cat on vibes is sick!

So is Keezer, but I already knew that...

[vanderbiltsax]

if you enjoyed this check out Joe and Bobby Hutcherson on youtube

[brayundia]

Masterpiece !! Vibraphone is by far my preferate instrument of them all !! So, you'll forgive me if I don't agree with you Mr Kirk !! And btw : these two virtuosis together : absolutely fabulous.

[MarieNoelleP]

Thanks for this comment!

I'm a vibes fan too...

But yes, both are fabulous! :o)

[adamk112]

Hahaha i take drum set lessons with Ron Keezer...Geoffrey keezer's dad....so i see all of the goefreys baby pics hahahaha

[NERDFREAKINGPOWER]

lol thats awesome...

[kirk7524875248]

Wow! You can hear Jeff's awesome playing even through this horrible vibraphone Shit! Another testament to Jeff's musicianship!

[MarieNoelleP]

One should have a special sense of humor and huge open mind to find any valuable argument in your comment on the vibraphone... Maybe you've been tortured by this instrument as a kid? Or did I miss a bad joke? Or surely you don't know what you are talking about. Personaly I would not allow myself such bad criticism on any of those incredible musicians, even if I didn't like the sound of their instrument. My 2 cents.

[xGutturaLoungex]

Wow. New favorite pianist to add to my ever-growing list.

[Pedrilla]

Very cool interpretation!!!

Only for my taste: like the most stuff I see from him: wonderfull, but sometimes too many notes.

[galfredos]

this pianist I never knew is wonderfull !!!

[punkrawk202]

There is a weird snare sound at 2.45 did he nail the side of the vibe or what?

[MarieNoelleP]

Who knows? He might have hit a part of the vibes in that "micro-pause" interval... or the mic's stand (though this might have been more noisy?). But in a live performance of that level and speed, anything could happen! ;-)

[nadworks]

Joe is playing the "Joe Locke Autograph Mallet" by pro-mark (JPL) - quite a soft mallet. A new version is already in the making.

[kokopeli27]

Does anybody know what kind of mallets he is using?

[scottiedog45]

i've seen this video probably 100 tiimes it doesn't get old

[funkygy123]

Joe Locke never fails to amaze me. He is perhaps the greatest natural improvisor alive today, fresh, inventive, innovative yet earthy and soulful. His technique is simply unbelievable. A perfect example of all that jazz can be in the hands of a master. In this clip the whole is even greater than the sum of the parts as Geoffrey plays the intricate and lovely counterpoint to Joe. What a joy to listen to this! Thank you for the gift of this post.

[MarieNoelleP]

So beautiful... and well filmed too!

[pianoanimal09]

Wow, this is INCREDIBLE. Geoffrey Keezer man, he's so convincing. He can get so much power out of the piano, and he's so honest. Everthing he plays he plays so clearly and powerfully. Joe Locke is the same way man, but I'm just biased because I'm a piano player. This is great.

[Lot2learn]

Fantastic.

[dellabonna]

Thank you for giving us this Nadja: just awesome. (from Godfrey)