[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":45},["ShallowReactive",2],{"music-content-parkway":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"coverCredit":35,"description":12,"extension":36,"format":35,"instrumentation":37,"meta":38,"navigation":39,"path":40,"seo":41,"seoDescription":42,"stem":43,"__hash__":44},"music\u002Fmusic\u002Fparkway.md","Parkway",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":31},"minimark",[9,13,16,19,22,25,28],[10,11,12],"p",{},"Commissioned by the Escape X Percussion Duo, jazz vibraphonist\u002Fcomposer\nJoe Locke crafted a programmatic tribute to his new home of New Jersey,\nand, more specifically, the Garden State Parkway. Driving along the\ntree-lined roads of the Parkway with a cloudless, blue sky on the horizon\ncan be blissful, but New Jersey’s fast drivers can often make the drive\nsomewhat less than calm.",[10,14,15],{},"Locke perfectly captured this juxtaposition by writing for marimba and\nvibraphone. He also incorporated Escape X’s iconic style of adding extra\nsounds to the keyboards by writing for tuned gongs and crotales.",[10,17,18],{},"Program Notes:",[10,20,21],{},"After living in New York City for more than 30 years (tempus fugit!), I\nfinally had enough of the concrete jungle, moved to a lovely historic\nenclave in New Jersey and ensconced myself in a beautiful 19th century\nformer schoolhouse brimming with character, charm, and some friendly\nspirits which I knew would stoke my own creative fires, even as the\nbucolic views out my windows would, just like beautiful music, soothe my\nsavage beast. At last, I was done with the fast pace of urban life and\nready to settle into this new pastoral existence. Not so fast!",[10,23,24],{},"It wasn’t long before I was i introduced to driving in New Jersey, and\nmore specifically, the Garden State Parkway. So much for my pastoral\nexistence! Why were these people driving so fast, and where were they all\ngoing in such a hurry? It’s been three years and I still haven’t been able\nto answer these questions, but I’ve managed to learn not to fight the flow\nand, more importantly, how to get out of the way when I need to!",[10,26,27],{},"The piece begins with crotales and tuned gongs (pulling out of the\ndriveway at my home). By the time the 16th note arpeggios begin, we are on\nthe GSP. And the abrupt accents, contrary motion and out-of-sync rhythmic\npatterns? Well, those are the drivers I was telling you about. In the\nmiddle of the composition, there is a decidedly peaceful and melodic\nsection, which represents a brief stroll on the boardwalk in Spring Lake\nbefore getting in the car and heading back home.",[10,29,30],{},"You’ll know I’m there when you hear the crotales and dream gongs at the\nend! Parkway, then, is my programmatic tribute to my new found home, to\nthe Garden State Parkway, and to the destinations that make its madness\nworth enduring. -JL",{"title":32,"searchDepth":33,"depth":33,"links":34},"",2,[],null,"md","Marimba and Vibraphone",{},true,"\u002Fmusic\u002Fparkway",{"title":5,"description":12},"Commissioned by the Escape X Percussion Duo, jazz vibraphonist\u002Fcomposer Joe Locke crafted a programmatic tribute to his new home of New Jersey, and, more s","music\u002Fparkway","xiZQEO9G5HQLSQPhy8lHy0t7wbPu6bLKsyJPqpFkyIw",1782572946267]