Mind’s Eye is a Grand Rapids, Michigan-based jazz quartet playing original music and standards in a modern mainstream jazz style. Cadence magazine reviewer Richard B. Kamins compares the band’s sound to Miles Davis’ mid-60’s acoustic group. Mind’s Eye is comprised of four of the most exciting jazz musicians/composers in the midwest region: Rob Smith - trumpet and saxophones; Steve Talaga - piano; Tom Lockwood - acoustic bass; and Keith Hall - drums. The members of Mind's Eye are also on the Faculties at various Michigan Colleges and Universities, including: Western Michigan University, Central Michigan University, Grand Valley State University, Aquinas College, and Hope College.
The music of Mind’s Eye has been featured on Jim Wilke’s “Jazz After Hours,” American Public Media’s nationally syndicated radio program.
The quartet has played many regional venues, including: the Montreux/Detroit Jazz Festival; the Grand Rapids Jazz and Blues Festival; the Fremont Jazz Festival; the Flint Jazz Festival; Butch’s Dry Dock in Holland; Schuler’s Books and Music; the B.O.B., Billie’s, and Z's in Grand Rapids as part of the WGVU - FM Jazz Night series; Dr. J’s Jazz Coffeehouse in Grand Rapids; the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts in Grand Rapids; Aquinas College, Hope College, Grand Valley State University and many others. The group has also performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland. The members of Mind’s Eye have frequently appeared as guest artists and clinicians at many high school and college jazz events across Michigan, and most summers, Mind's Eye can be heard at Connonsburg Recreation Area, providing pre-concert music for one of the Grand Rapids Symphony's Picnic Pops Series performances.
To purchase Mind’s Eye compact discs, “Angst for the Spoiler,” “Seasons,” “Lucky Nine,” and their latest, “Children of the Glacier,” or to book the band, please send us a message via this Myspace page.
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