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On her behalf Chiaroscuro CD of 1996, Virginia Mayhew displays mature sounds on each of her reeds and a solid improvising design that builds from your tradition but has a lot of spontaneity and chance-taking; she also displays strong talent like a composer. Mayhew began on clarinet when she was …

Born in north California but raised within the northeastern U.S., Joe Locke is definitely a difficult bop/post-bop vibist whose primary influences consist of Bobby Hutcherson and Milt Jackson. Locke was a kid when he transferred from the SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA Bay Region to Rochester, NY, where he began playing …