Mark Lockett (drums) The concept behind the original compositions on Mark Lockett’s Sneaking Out After Midnight was largely inspired by his love for the wonderful music of American alto saxophonist and 'giant of jazz', Ornette Coleman, particularly the music he created with Don Cherry, Charlie Haden and Ed Blackwell. Mark has also drawn upon his extensive time spent studying with a younger and, some might say, more modern New York heavyweight, Ari Hoenig. The fusion of these two influences led Mark to write a series of themes and melodies that became the basis of this album. Joel Frahm and Orlando Le Fleming brought the music to life, producing a fresh, joyful, and thoroughly modern sound, a successful merging of the unique character of jazz from ‘down-under’ with the esteemed rigour and pedigree of New York edge. "Drummer/composer Mark Lockett shines in his new trio recording, featuring two young New York heavies playing his originals together with a couple of lesser known standards." – Mike Nock, March 2012
RAT-J-1011 (April, 2012) Sneaking Out After Midnight Loose Motion (Mark Lockett) 6:09 Produced by Mark Lockett
Mark Lockett
Mark Lockett is a talented drummer and educator who performs regularly with many of Melbourne’s finest jazz musicians. Some of the regular guest artists to perform with his bands (Mark Lockett Trio and Mark Lockett and friends) include Michelle Nicole, Emma Gilmartin, Alison Wedding, Geoff Hughes, Tim Stevens, Mark Fitzgibbon and Jamie Oehlers (winner of the 2003 Montreux Jazz festival saxophone competition). Mark graduated from Massey University in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in Jazz performance. Mark has studied drums with international performers and educators, such as Joe Morello, Ari Hoenig, John Riley, Jim Black, Henry Cole, Graham Morgan, Andrew Gander and Roger Sellers. Mark is the author of a drum method book called Drum Recipe. In 2004 he released his debut CD About Time (Move Records), and features special arrangements by Jordan Murray and Eugene Ball. Musicians include Mark Fitzgibbon, Jordan Murray, Jamie Oehlers, Paul Van Ross and Alison Wedding. Early in 2005 Mark released his second album, a joint project with saxophonist and musical collaborator Paul Van Ross titled, Mark Lockett + Paul Van Ross live at Spleen. A series of regular weekly gigs were recorded at Spleen Bar and the highlights were released on New Market Records. His second quintet album, Now and Then, was released on Move Records in 2009. Born in Wellington, New Zealand, Mark now resides in Melbourne, Australia. Joel Frahm
Born in Racine, WI in 1969, Joel Frahm attended the Mason Gross School for the Arts and earned his B.A. in Jazz Performance at Manhattan School of Music. He released three highly regarded CDs on Palmetto: The Navigator, Don't Explain (with Brad Mehldau), and Sorry No Decaf. Don’t Explain was the number one jazz release for radio play in the United States for two consecutive weeks in 2004, and also reached number one on college radio for one week. Joel was also recently selected as a Rising Star in the category of tenor saxophone in DownBeat Magazine’s Critics Poll.
Orlando Le Fleming
Orlando le Fleming was born in Birmingham, England on July 7, 1976. Both of his parents are professional musicians; his mother a cellist and his father a composer. After receiving a place at London's Royal Academy of Music, Orlando quickly established himself as one of the UK's most prominent bass players, touring and recording with Jason Rebello, Julian Joseph, Iain Ballamy, Tommy Smith, Jean Toussaint and Guy Barker. With the advantage of being based in Europe, Orlando was also in demand to perform and tour with visiting U.S. musicians such as Bill Charlap, Art Farmer, George Coleman, Dave Liebman, Joey Calderazzo and Branford Marsalis. Orlando moved to New York in 2003 and became a member of Jane Monheit’s band, a stint that lasted for three years. He also toured and recorded with Billy Cobham’s The Art of Five project, and was featured on Jimmy Cobb’s Marsalis Music Honors. Recently Orlando has toured and recorded with Seamus Blake, Ari Hoenig, Will Vinson, Lage Lund, Joey Calderazzo, Jeff “Tain” Watts, and is currently a member of the David Sanchez quartet. His debut album as a leader, From Brooklyn With Love (2010) showcases his exceptional talent as a composer, and features Antonio Sanchez on drums.
Comments on SNEAKING OUT AFTER MIDNIGHT Loose Motion Disingenuous Now’s Not the Time Crew Cut For Heaven’s Sake Mr Pickles Good Day for a Dog Don’t Take the G Train Sneaking Out After Midnight Tennis Elbow Mark Lockett, 2012
Review by Gary Steel, Metro Magazine 2012 Wellington-born, Melbourne-based Mark Lockett teams up with New York players Joel Frahm (sax) and Orlando Le Fleming (acoustic bass) for this quite astonishing session, recorded in just one day. In contrast to the cliched smoky mannerisms of so much cool-school Miles Davis-influenced jazz, Sneaking Out After Midnight captures a kind of taut, bare-wires post-bebop that’s unfettered and uncompromised. Lockett (whose compositions make up all but two of the 10 tracks) brandishes astonishing control of his drum kit, a master of understatement, while the exceptional engineering captures the whole fruity range of Fleming’s bass and the throaty rasp of Frahm’s sax, which inevitably carries the tunes. It can sound austere, but that’s with good reason, because it makes you listen with fresh ears to both the instruments themselves and the connoisseur’s art of serious jazz guys making music just because.
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