Monty Alexander

Monty Alexander
Nazionalità	Giamaica  Stati Uniti
Genere	Jazz Reggae fusion
Periodo di attività musicale	1958 – in attività
Strumento	piano, melodica, voce
Sito ufficiale

Montgomery Bernard Alexander, detto Monty (Kingston, 6 giugno 1944), è un pianista giamaicano naturalizzato statunitense.

Biografia

Il suo pianismo, sia a livello esecutivo che compositivo, risente di una forte influenza della musica caraibica e dello swing. Tra i suoi principali ispiratori: Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson, Wynton Kelly e Ahmad Jamal.

Discografia

• Monty Alexander (1965)
• Spunky (1965, Pacific Jazz)
• Alexander the Great (1965)
• Zing (1967, RCA)
• This Is Monty Alexander (1969, Verve)
• Taste of Freedom (1970)
• Here Comes the Sun (1971, MPS)
• We've Only Just Begun (1973, MPS)
• Perception (1974, MPS)
• Rass! - con Ernest Ranglin (1974, MPS)
• Love & Sunshine (1974, MPS)
• Unlimited Love (1975, MPS)
• Montreux Alexander (1976, MPS)
• Cobilimbo - con Ernest Ranglin (1977, MPS)
• Estade (1978, MPS)
• Jamento (1978, Fantasy)
• So What? (1979, The Black & Blue Sessions)
• The Way It Is (1979 – registrato nel 1976, MPS)
• Summerwind (1980, Jeton/Polygram)
• 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
• Triple Treat II (1987, Concord Jazz)
• Ivory & Steel (1988)
• Triple Treat III (1989, Concord Jazz)
• Saturday Night (1999, Timeless)
• The River (1990, Concord Jazz)
• Live in Holland (1992, Emarcy)
• Caribbean Circle (1993, Chesky)
• Live at Maybeck (1994, Concord Jazz)
• Steamin' (1995, Concord Jazz)
• Yard Movement (1995, Island Records)
• Maybeck Recital Hall Series, Vol. 40 (1995, Concord)
• To Nat with Love (1995, Mastermix)
• Ivory and Steal (1996, Concord Picante)
• Facets (1996, Concord) – con Ray Brown & Jeff Hamilton
• Overseas Special (1996, Concord) – con Ray Brown & Herb Ellis
• Echoes of Jilly's (1997, Concord)
• Reunion in Europe (1997, Concord) – con John Clayton & Jeff Hamilton
• The Concord Jazz Heritage Series (1998, Concord Jazz)
• Stir It Up – The Music of Bob Marley (1999, Telarc)
• Threesome (1999, Soul Note) – con Grady Tate & Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
• Ballad Essentials (2000, Concord Jazz)
• Island Grooves (2000, Concord Jazz)
• Monty Meets Sly & Robbie (2000, Telarc)
• Triple Treat (2001, Concord Jazz)
• Goin' Yard (2001, Telarc)
• Many Rivers to Cross (2001, Meldac)
• Caribbean Duet (2001, Sound Hills) – con Michel Sardaby
• My America (2002, Telarc)
• Triple Scoop (2002, Concord Jazz) – con Ray Brown & Herb Ellis
• Rhapsody in Blue (Telarc)
• Jamboree (2003, Concord)
• Li'l Darlin (2003, Absord Japan)
• Straight Ahead (2003, Concord) – con Ray Brown & Herb Ellis
• Steaming Hot (2004, Concord Records)
• Zing (2004, BMG)
• In Tokyo (2004, Fantasy Records)
• Rocksteady (2004, Telarc) – con Ernest Ranglin
• Live at the Iridium (2005, Telarc)
• Jazz Calypso (2005, JVC)
• Concrete Jungle: The Songs of Bob Marley (2006, Telarc)
• The Way It Is (2006)
• Impressions in Blue (2008, Telarc)
• The Good Life: Monty Alexander Plays the Songs of Tony Bennett (2008, Chesky)
• Solo (2008, Jeton)
• Taste of Freedom (2008, Universal Japan)
• Calypso Blues: The Songs of Nat King Cole (2009, Chesky)
• Uplift (2011, Jazz Legacy Productions)
• Harlem – Kingston Express Live! (2011, Motéma Music)
• Uplift 2 (2013, Jazz Legacy Productions)
• Harlem – Kingston Express, Vol 2: River Rolls On (2014)
• Sunday Night (2016, Timeless Records)
• Road Dog (2017)
• Wareika Hill: Rasta-Monk Vibrations (2019)
• Love You Madly: Live At Bubba's (2020 – registrato nel 1982, Resonance Records)
• Live At The Cully Select Jazz Festival 1991 (2020 – registrato nel 1991, Timeless Records)

Altri progetti

Altri progetti

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Collegamenti esterni

• Sito ufficiale, su montyalexander.com.
• (EN) Monty Alexander, su AllMusic, All Media Network.
• (EN) Monty Alexander, su Discogs, Zink Media.
• (EN) Monty Alexander, su MusicBrainz, MetaBrainz Foundation.
• (EN) Monty Alexander, su IMDb, IMDb.com.