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Monty Alexander

  1. Frank Harrison: Sideways –review
    The Guardian Music logo The Guardian Music 2 days ago

    Atzmon's regular pianist, so UK audiences often hear him skilfully navigating middle-eastern, north African and southern European folk music. But he's currently touring this elegant, straightahead jazz with the subtle, Barcelona-based Irish drummer...

  2. Bob Marley's Birthday
    VPR | Vermont Public Radio logo VPR | Vermont Public Radio 5 days ago

    We celebrate the birthday of Bob Marley with versions of his songs from the Jamaican-born pianist Monty Alexander with Delfeayo Marsalis on trombone. We also hear from up-coming concerts including vocalist Kate Davis, pianist Mulgrew Miller and...

  3. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 7 months ago
    Jamaican jazz pianist Monty Alexander performs at the Malta Jazz Festival in Valletta July 14, 2011.

    Jamaican jazz pianist Monty Alexander performs at the Malta Jazz Festival in Valletta July 14, 2011. View Photo »

  4. It was a while before I said [to myself], 'If I want to do this music and [be free to] pick from the whole palette - everything from my own piece to Duke Ellington, to Bob Marley - then I need to bring two rhythm sections together,' ... That way, it all can be available to me, whatever I feel, the whole...
    – Monty Alexander SOURCE: Examiner.com 2 months ago
  5. Best Live Performances of 2011: Episode 4
    WNYC | New York Public Radio logo WNYC | New York Public Radio 1 month ago

    In the fourth episode of a five-part series, Soundcheck highlights some of this year's most memorable live performances in our studio. This show includes artists such as: Ryan Adams The Civil Wars James Blake Blitz the Ambassador Erik Friedlander Gaby...

  6. This Week in Jazz
    DCist logo DCist 1 month ago

    Legendary pianist Monty Alexander has played with many a jazz great since arriving in the United States fifty years ago from his native Jamaica. He begins a four night stand at Blues Alley this evening, with 8 and 10 p.m. sets tonight through Friday. ...

  7. PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Manhattan Jazz "But Baby, It's Cold Outside!"
    All About Jazz logo All About Jazz 2 months ago

    Alexander: The Music of Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole (Friday and Saturday) At 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. , Allen Room, Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, 60th Street and Broadway, (212) 258-9800, jalc.org Jamie Baum Septet (Monday) At 8 p.m....

  8. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 7 months ago
    Jamaican bassist Leon Duncan performs with the Monty Alexander Harlem-Kingston Express at the Malta Jazz Festival in Valletta July 14, 2011.

    Jamaican bassist Leon Duncan performs with the Monty Alexander Harlem-Kingston Express at the Malta Jazz Festival in Valletta July 14, 2011. View Photo »

  9. Monty Alexander's blend of jazz and reggae made for an outrageously good time... When Alexander—the Jamaican-born pianist with a cheerful, chatty style—surrounded himself with a Caribbean quartet to the right and a jazz trio to the left, the result was fresh, lilting interpretations of Bob Marley's grea...
    SOURCE: Examiner.com 2 months ago
  10. "Come Fly With Me" Monty Alexander &His Trio Live on Soundcheck
    YouTube Logo YouTube Videos 10 months ago
  11. Jazz Listings for Dec. 9-15
    The New York Times logo The New York Times 2 months ago

    Monty Alexander: The Music of Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole (Friday and Saturday) Monty Alexander, the crisply ebullient Jamaican pianist, has more than an arbitrary connection to the singers he salutes here. His very first New York engagement was at...

  12. Monty Alexander unites jazz and reggae in ‘Harlem-Kingston Express: Live’
    Examiner.com logo Examiner.com 2 months ago
    Pianist Monty Alexander blended two of his cultures — Jamaican island music and American jazz — in his first Motéma CD debut.

    Alexander's blend of jazz and reggae made for an outrageously good time... When Alexander—the Jamaican-born pianist with a cheerful, chatty style—surrounded himself with a Caribbean quartet to the right and a jazz trio to the left, the result was fresh,...

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About Monty Alexander

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Monty Alexander (born Montgomery Bernard Alexander on June 6, 1944 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican pianist. His playing has a strong Caribbean influence and swinging feeling, but he has also been influenced by Wynton Kelly, Art Tatum, Gene Harris and Ahmad Jamal. Full Article

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  1. It was a while before I said [to myself], 'If I want to do this music and [be free to] pick from the whole palette - everything from my own piece to Duke Ellington, to Bob Marley - then I need to bring two rhythm sections together,' ... That way, it all can be available to me, whatever I feel, the whole...
    – Monty Alexander SOURCE: Examiner.com 2 months ago
  2. Monty Alexander's blend of jazz and reggae made for an outrageously good time... When Alexander—the Jamaican-born pianist with a cheerful, chatty style—surrounded himself with a Caribbean quartet to the right and a jazz trio to the left, the result was fresh, lilting interpretations of Bob Marley's grea...
    SOURCE: Examiner.com 2 months ago
  3. It was a while before I said [to myself], 'If I want to do this music and [be free to] pick from the whole palette - everything from my own piece to Duke Ellington, to Bob Marley - then I need to bring two rhythm sections together,' ... That way, it all can be available to me, whatever I feel, the whole...
    – Monty Alexander SOURCE: Examiner.com 2 months ago
  4. Monty Alexander's blend of jazz and reggae made for an outrageously good time... When Alexander—the Jamaican-born pianist with a cheerful, chatty style—surrounded himself with a Caribbean quartet to the right and a jazz trio to the left, the result was fresh, lilting interpretations of Bob Marley's grea...
    SOURCE: Examiner.com 2 months ago
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