Official EPK of the new album Lay Down My Heart - Blues & Ballads Vol 2 (Motéma, 2013)

Luscious vibraphone quartet renditions of blues and ballads from Bill Withers’ "Ain’t No Sunshine" to Bonnie Raitt’s "I Can’t Make You Love Me" on Joe's new Motéma Music release, subtitled 'Blues & Ballads Vol. 1'.
We are thrilled to be able to make "Lay Down My Heart" available at Joe Locke's online Music Store, both as CD and in various digital file formats.

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New additions to the lexicon of literature for the vibes: Six mellifluous originals of medium difficulty from the pen of Joe Locke. A welcome addition to any mallet player’s recital program.

The sheet music, each acompanied by an audio (mp3) file of a recording by Joe Locke himself.

The pieces are now available in Joe's Online Music Store.

We are proud to announce the release of "Wish Upon A Star" on Motéma Music - Joe Locke's first symphonic album, recorded live in April 2011 with the Lincoln Nebraska Symphony Orchestra, lead by Music Director Edward Polochick. The orchestral arrangements by Ryan Cohan and Tim Garland are beautifully crafted around Joe's quartet featuring Ryan Cohan on piano, Carmen Intorre on drums and Lorin Cohen on bass.

The album is now available as CD, but also in various MP3 and lossless digital formats.