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Geoff Keezer was only 17 when he became the final pianist in Artwork Blakey’s Jazz Messengers (1988-1990), an ideal gig for the talented hard bop musician who suit right along with the custom of Horace Sterling silver, Bobby Timmons, Cedar Walton, Adam Williams, and Benny Green. Since Blakey’s loss of …

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 …