Eddie Locke
Edward "Eddie" Locke (born February 8, 1930 in Detroit , † September 7, 2009 in Ramsey (New Jersey) ) was an American drummer of mainstream and modern jazz .
Live and act
Eddie Locke became known in the Detroit jazz scene in the late 1940s and 1950s; from 1948 to 1953 he worked with Oliver Jackson in a variety show called Bop & Locke . In 1954 they were booked in the Apollo Theater . Locke stayed in New York City and worked with Dick Wellstood , Tony Parenti , Red Allen , Willie The Lion Smith , Teddy Wilson , Roy Eldridge , Kenny Burrell ( Bluesy Burrell , 1962), and with Coleman Hawkins ( Today and Now , 1962), in whose band he stayed until 1969. In the 1970s he was a member of the Eldridge Sextet and the house drummer in Jimmy Ryan’s ; he played with Lee Konitz , Tiny Grimes and Earle Warren . He also recorded the album Happy Time with Roy Eldridge, Oscar Peterson , Joe Pass and Ray Brown ; In 1977 he recorded the album Jivin 'With the Refugees from Hastings Street for Chiaroscuro Records . In the 1980s he led his own trio with Roland Hanna . In 1999 he worked on Warren Vaché's album What Is There to Say? With; he also played regularly in Europe and Japan. In 2008 he performed with Dick Hyman at the JVC Festival in New York. He also taught at the High School of Performing Arts and Trevor Day School in New York.
literature
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .
Web links
- Eddie Locke in the AllmusicGuide
- Eddie Locke at Discogs (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Locke, Eddie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Locke, Edward |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 8, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Detroit |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 7, 2009 |
| Place of death | Ramsey (New Jersey) |