"Faces" is four albums in one: fusion, latin, mainstream guitar/piano jazz and classical/jazz crossover.

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#		Title	Length	Sample
1		Bright Size Life	3:27
2		117 Special	3:55
3		I Fall In Love Too Easily	6:26
4		Sometimes I'm Happy	5:34
5		Vivo Sohando	5:41
6		Eccles Sonata	6:14
7		Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You	5:17
8		Good Bye Pork Pie Hat	5:28
9		My Foolish Heart	6:10
10		Requiem	6:00
11		Armando's Rhumba	3:40
12		Manha de Carnaval	6:42
13		I'll Remember April	4:06

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Description

Lex Valk
Faces of the Bass
www.lexvalk.com

Lex Valk is one of Houston, Texas' finest freelance musicians. In a review of "Faces of the Bass," Bassist Valk was called "a consummate freelance musician." He has played with The Houston Symphony, Opera and Ballet, and also played styles such as big band, fusion, klezmer, bluegrass and 'dawg music', continental, dixieland, classical and broadway, to name a few. He has selected some of his favorite songs from these styles for "Faces of the Bass," including tunes by Mingus, Metheny, Eccles and Jobim.

"Faces " is really four albums in one,including fusion (Mingus,Metheny, Ron Carter), Latin (Corea, Bonfa and Jobim), Kenny Burrell-style jazz guitar trio (Gee, Baby,Ain't I Good to You, I'll Remember April) classical/jazz crossover (Eccles and My Foolish Heart, w/ seven strings, harp and sax), and modern jazz piano trio.

It has a full range of listening moods, from blues-rock
(Good Bye Pork Pie Hat) to mellow ballads(I Fall In Love Too Easily)and uptempo jazz (I'll Remember April), as well as light rock(117 Special),soft latin vocals(Manha de Carnaval), and classical/orchestral(Eccles Sonata and My Foolish Heart).

"Faces of the Bass" has received nationwide acceptance.
In a recent radio airplay campaign, "Faces" went chartbound, receiving airplay on 75 radio stations in the U.S. and Canada. Comments from radio airplay include:

"Lex Valk is a sensitive intelligent cat with some great fingers. Beautiful bass playing." KWVA Eugene, Oregon.

"Lex Valk was a no-brainer on KABF. Phones were off the hook and the rest is history. We look forward to more music from Lex." KABF Little Rock, Arkansas

"..a breath of fresh brisk air...It was love at first listen. Keep up the fantastic work." Listener, KMHD, Portland.

Bassist Lex Valk's studies are at the core of his musical versatility. He has studied with classical bassists Gary Karr and Warren Benfield(Chicago Symphony), as well as jazz bassists Ron Carter and Richard Davis. Lex Valk began his music studies at the Berklee School of Music, continuing at The New England Conservatory and Ball State University, where he obtained his master's and doctoral degrees.

While teaching at Southern Illinois University (1976-1982), West Texas State (1983-1985), and Houston Community College (1986-1994), where he was Music Department Head, Dr. Valk directed prize-winning jazz bands, was a clinician at college jazz festivals, and performed as Principal Bass of the Memphis and Amarillo Symphonies, as well as Houston Grand Opera.

Since moving to Houston in 1985, bassist Valk has focused his energy on freelancing. In addition to the styles listed above, he has also played a variety of Broadway shows, backing up such names as Luciano Pavarotti, Rita Morena, Toni Tenille, Debbie Reynolds, Jerry Lewis and Robert Goulet. Previous releases include Noches Asturianas (Green Planet Records) and the Tom Borling BeBop Band Plays the Music of Eddie Lewis (also on CDBaby).