Joe Locke / Geoffrey Keezer Group: Van Gogh By Numbers

[Obidibidou]

This band is top ,I love it !!

@SeanBob Frank. There's a lot of Steps Ahead in there too.

[EBL1114]

Happy Birthday to Geoff Keezer! This is so killin... definitely slightly reminiscent of some early RTF - from the Hymn of the 7th Galaxy era.

[JasonDeCristofaro]

You the man Joe! And thank you for using Stevens grip! I am tired of all the haters saying you can only play jazz vibes with Burton grip.

[bridude2001]

Or RTF sort of Senor mouse here and there. Very much Chicks vocabulary from the 2nd incarnation of RTF

[hypoxide]

Can't help but be reminded of, say, Mahavishnu Orchestra - "You Know You Know"

[OpheliaRising]

Whoever gave this a thumbs down is a fool who knows nothing of art, much less the finest of the fine arts, music.

[filramil]

i just watched this over and over like 6 times. Fantastic!!!!

[jazzbace]

haha, Keezer's just like "fuck 15/8, I'm gonna destroy it in good ol 4/4"

(Geoff is mad good)

then Terreon just wrecks it in 15!

great players!

[groovedoc]

Fucking great!

[perryjsenn]

Just killin- nice colors on everyone's part.. Way to Geoff on the Synth solo.. NICE.

[perryjsenn]

Just killin- nice colors on everyone's part

[murraydan885]

This jazz ensamble jambs. Joe Locke is a marvel on the vibes, Geoffrey Keezer is always interesting on the piano and both Mike Pope Pope an Terreon make fine contributions on this track. Great stuff!

[maidoodesu]

very nice !  です

[scoutali]

super

[jazzevans]

15/8... what a time signature. its not often you see stuff outside of 4 and 2 (be it in triplet or quaver)

[TuckerAcademy]

mainieri plays his own crazy grip with the outside mallet running through his pinky. looks painful

[SilotSho]

people, shut up about the english language, its all about the fucking music, and oh man, what fucking awesome jazz this is. its like an orgasm for my ear drums.

[77portnywash]

Outstanding!  See you at Dizzy's!

[beaverteeth92]

Locke might be the only jazz vibraphone player (other than Mainieri) that plays Stevens...

That's got to kill his hands.

[zuzrwolrd]

he plays with musser

[HyperFreak1102]

I think it's time you reacclimate yourself to the English language before critiquing music therewith. You might begin by learning the difference between 'our' and 'are.' Following your mastery of the language, enough years should have passed to allow you to look back and realize that music doesn't need to be catchy, or in a 'normal' time signature to be good.

[Nickzed]

wat.  "Reacclimate" was inappropriately used in that sentence. Frankly, so was "therewith". I do agree with your argument about music, however.

[HyperFreak1102]

Reacclimate - Get used to again, when obviously not having used it properly in a while.

Therewith - Critiquing music using the English language. The contemporary equivalent being "with it."

Seems alright to me.

[Nickzed]

Of course it seems alright, when you create your own definitions.

[HyperFreak1102]

Those were the contexts in which they were used, not their definitions.

[K1000oner]

3.48 drums break!!!

[drummerob92]

haha damnnn thats killin

[vinnievibes]

Sounds wicked!!!

Very Nice.

I like Van Gogh, also because we share the same name!!! Haha.

Greetings,

VinnieVibes

[oawapara]

Does anybody know what drum kit is Terreon Gully using in this song? It sounds so fucking amazing!

[winnerbaby44]

he endorses premier as far as i know..

try theyr website

oh boy... terreon is THE MAN!

[jmiller141]

yamaha recording custom. it is bc of terreon's tuning and playing that makes this kit sound that way. ive seen him tune a cheap kit in 45 seconds and make it sound amazing. he is the top player

[joeymist]

its not the drum set, its just the player :)

[daugep]

Al fin te conozco, bueno al menos en video. Tantas veces que escuche grabaciones tuyas en un programa de radio aqui en Venezuela, que se llama Matices del jazz.

[jazzsushi]

The playing is reminscent of Return to Forever, Steps Ahead (Mike Manieri). Keezer's playing has tinges of Chick in it with his fancy Spanish grace note-ings. QUESTION: Why during Geoff's solo, the camera-man focuses on Joe Locke???? Geoff should be getting some camera-time. Joe Locke is a mutha of a soloist!! He's a machine man!!!

[manukate]

Great Solo in 15/8 on drums:)))

[winnerbaby44]

for sure!

[SeanBobFrank]

This piece is so far out there; it's sounds so far ahead of what anybody else is playing these days!

I would love to put together a group to do this kind of stuff.

[DanaSud]

@SeanBobFrank Joe wrote it back in 1993! It still kills!

[Ausermac]

I think it's a Musser traveler frame with VanderPlas bars on it :-)

[Nuxunumo]

FUCK. ive never seen anyone shred on the vibes like that ever. haha. this guy's good.

[ugetsu96]

Bad ass...wonderful writing...and yes...Terreon...

[getright25]

Terreon is awesome!!

[Nuxunumo]

chya hes pretty good, he's so still when he plays half of the time.

[MarieNoelleP]

Yeah! It's amazing and funny! He's so much into it! This must be very much energy-consuming though...

[drumlinefreak13]

i like how you can see and hear joe locke singing the stuff he is playing!

[MarieNoelleP]

"Nadworks" answered on another video about Joe Locke's mallets :

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

See the latest video with his new model just released.

[kokopeli27]

I love the sound Joe is getting. Does anyone know what kind of vibraphone he plays and/or what kind of mallets he is using? Thanks.

[vonnoblemachine]

I'm not sure what kind of vibraphone he's playing in this video specifically, but I always see him endorsing VanderPlas, so I'd put my money on that.

[knowlesah72]

Holy shit! These guys are bad mofos!

[MarieNoelleP]

Four gods on earth... and on the same stage! Waow!

[mickwooten]

pope probably is sight readin. hes amazing.

[pianoanimal09]

joe locke is a vibes god, 'nough said

[roxy0828]

these camera men SUCK!

[tomasgold]

terreon is fucking incredible

[pastelenthusiast]

yeah!!

[dabowery]

fun

[OranjestaDrummer]

yea, terreon is definitely a badass. he needed more close up shots in this video.

[Drumman74]

Great stuff, although the company that shot this video should be fired...Keezer is soloing and they have it on Locke for 95% of it!! Terreon is smokin', and Pope is a great player, seems to be showin' up everywhere lately. Seen a vid of Chick Corea's electric band with Pope..

[roxy0828]

you're right the camera men SUCK!

[lwgillan]

Ahh! Terreon is such a badass.

[roxy0828]

lol i like how he plays that 'duh duh duh...dah dah dah' lick like 20 times in this song!! (i think y'all know what lick i'm talkin' about)...it's pretty nuts that he can play it 20 times and still kill the song!!

[roxy0828]

i mean kill the song in the nicest kind of way!

[EdLeeBass]

Is that the real STEVE BAILEY above me? Anyways, great music..I love it! Funky as hell! great players...love the "outside" and "inside" ideas.  Definitely worth checking out...also the latest group to be added to by ever expanding list of great bands!

[stevebailey4eva]

if mike pope is sight reading that he is god among men