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With his dedicated piano playing, kingstonborn pianist monty alexander and his trio elegantly weave together musical threads from jamaica with blues, bebop and. A brilliant drummercomposer as comfortable leveling a straightahead ride cymbal groove as. Monty alexander trio, monty alexander, ray brown, frank. Over the years he has continued to explore a vibrant, crosspollinated sound, moving from straightahead acoustic jazz to jamaican sounds on albums like 1980s trio, 1994s jamboree. The slogan of jamaica is like americas e pluribus unum, out of many, one people. He was influenced by louis armstrong, duke ellington, nat king cole, oscar peterson, and frank sinatra. Get a low price and free shipping on thousands of items. Monty alexanders ivory and steel, and 2011s grammynominated harlemkingston express. Jun 10, 2017 i grew up learning nat coles songs, without knowing the titles, even before i knew about sinatra, alexander continues.
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Albums include hibop ska, soul fusion, and mojo club dancefloor jazz volume 2. Angel romero september 29, 2018 1 comment jamaica jazz monty alexander reggae. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from the monty alexander trio at the discogs marketplace. Monty alexander vinyl records and cds for sale musicstack. Monty alexander musician music database radio swiss jazz. Recorded in 1985 on the concord label, this is an eclectic mix of tunes. Recorded in 1985 on the concord label, this is an eclectic.
I grew up learning nat coles songs, without knowing the titles, even before i knew about sinatra, alexander continues. Steaming hot puts the previously released full steam ahead and steamin together under one cover. Aug, 2014 monty alexander trio live at the north sea jazz festival 14071978 world of jazz duration. All these recordings had great swing and telepathic levels of interplay. Monty alexander samples, covers and remixes on whosampled. Full steam ahead reveals how the world we live in today is entirely shaped by the rail network, charting the glorious evolution of rail transportation and how it left its mark on every aspect of life, landscape and culture. A true romantic, he loves to build up the heat and kick up a storm, and his spirited sound is a potent cocktail of jazz, gospel, bebop, jamaican music, calypso, and rhythm and blues. Monty alexander steaming hot album lyrics letssingit.
These artists had a profound effect on alexanders aspirations. Mike hennessey, jazz writercritic monty plays i mean plays. Despite years spent in american, monty alexanders speech remains full of the infectiously lilting, joyously expressive, idiomatic contours of his kingston childhood. Jazz the monty alexander trio full steam ahead 1985, vinyl discogs.
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Legendary pianist monty alexander has spent a lifetime. Monty alexander full steam ahead vinyl blue sounds. Find monty alexander discography, albums and singles on allmusic allmusic. Montys piano is at its lyrical best, and brown provides a profound amen coda. In 2011 and 2012, monty alexander will celebrate 50 years on stage and will present his new creation the full monty, showing all aspects of his career, from piano solo to jazz trio, a tribute to frank sinatra and nat king cole who influenced him and a jamaican final with harlem kingston express, a musical journey from new york to jamaica. Get the guaranteed best price on world music vinyl like the monty alexander trio monty alexander trio at musicians friend. Monty alexander trio, monty alexander, ray brown, frank gant full steam ahead music. Both are trio sets, the first with bassist ray brown and drummer frank gant, the latter with bassist ira coleman and drummer dion parson, and serve as a complementary pair. Miles, mick jagger, jobim, rogers and hammerstein to name a few. More albums followed, including 1994s live at maybeck and 1995s reggae. An exciting bop pianist, he became known for his speed and grace. The genre that he does is definitely his own style that he has developed over many decades of practice, opening with a version of got to go on which. Monty alexander nesta he touched the sky by jonathan bf.
Full throttle remastered pc steam download key fast delivery. Alexanders original the river is gently beautiful, the ensemble playing so sensitively you can hear the strings of the piano being plucked like a harp. They made a few very good albums in the 80s, three of which were triple treat volumes 1 3. Indeed, the title of the book from which the above quotation is taken, the sound of surprise, serves as an apt description of what jamaicanborn pianist alexander has. Monty alexander trio monty alexander trio musicians. His project harlem kingston express is an exciting musical journey from harlem to kingston. Monty alexander ernest ranglin 1981, mps fingering 1981, atlas look up 1982 duke ellington songbook 1983, mps reunion in europe 1984, concord jazz full steam ahead 1985, concord jazz friday night 1987, limetree records. Clayton and hamilton on 1983s reunion in europe and paired with bassist ray brown for several dates, including 1985s full steam ahead and 1987s the red hot ray brown trio. Discover all monty alexanders music connections, watch videos, listen to music, discuss and download. Explore releases from the monty alexander trio at discogs. The monty alexander trio full steam ahead numbered limited edition half speed. He also reunited with clayton and hamilton on 1983s reunion in europe and paired with bassist ray brown for several dates, including 1985s full steam ahead and 1987s the red hot ray brown trio.
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