Happy birthday and all good vibes to Joe Locke. Here's a bit of "Fractured" w/ Geoffrey Keezer - piano, Mike Pope - bass, Terreon Gully - drums and Jonathan Kreisberg - guitar performed at JazzBaltica | JazzCorner

A very happy and good vibes birthday to Joe Locke, one of our favorite vibraphonists of our time. Born in Palo Alto, California 62 years ago, Joe grew up in Rochester, NY. When he arrived in New York he worked and recorded with the best from Kenny Barron, Eddie Henderson, and a working and recording collabortative group with Geoffrey Keezer. He has cited his love for Milt Jackson and Bobby Hutcherson, so performing with "Hutch" on a tribute to "Bags" was certainly a dream come true. Just look at