EQUIPOISE

Tracks: Symmetry (see track #8 in audio player), Face to Face, Latinesque, Desire, Fly on the Wall, Duke's Mood, Spanish Waltz (see track #9 in audio player), Epilogue.

Personel: Kim Richmond - Alto Sax, Chris Colangelo - Bass, Kendall Kaye - Drums, Billy Mintz - Drums, Brad Dutz - Percussion, Ken Rosser - Sp. and Elec. Guitars, Pianist-Composer - Steve Lockwood.

This cd was recorded in various sessions during the Fall/Winter of 2003/04. All compositions are original. Many thanks to Wayne Peet for his fab help in the production process. This album is available at cdbaby.com, live gigs, (See Upcoming Gigs page in this site), or by contacting Steve Lockwood by email from this site.

Steve Lockwood Ensemble
by Germein Linares

Pianist Steve Lockwood's interest with jazz is multi-faceted on his latest album, Equipoise. At times his and the bands' ideas are straight-ahead, at other times they are free and while sometimes they're reverential, they are also open minded to new paths. An ambitious, if slightly uneven, effort, Equipoise has Lockwood performing with guitarist Ken Rosser, saxophonist Kim Richmond, bassist Chris Colangelo, percussionist Brad Dutz, and drummers Billy Mintz and Kendall Kaye. With all compositions by Lockwood, the album basks in its composer's imagination....

.....some straight-ahead numbers are done well, especially on "Duke's Mood." On "Spanish Waltz," for example, the flamenco guitar evokes wonderfully...... As such... it suffers from what many jazz albums do not, an eagaerness to dare the obvious.