Monty Alexander Trio Upcoming East Coast Performance
In a career spanning five decades, pianist Monty Alexander has built a reputation exploring the worlds of American jazz, popular song, and the music of his native Jamaica, finding in each a sincere spirit of musical expression.
Jamaican-born pianist Monty Alexander has been thrilling audiences for five decades, including thirteen years of headline performances at the Montreux International Jazz Festival. Fifty-five years after he moved to the United States from Kingston, Jamaica, his home town, pianist Monty Alexander is an American classic, touring the world relentlessly with various projects, delighting a global audience drawn to his vibrant personality and soulful message. His spirited conception is one informed by the timeless verities: endless melody-making, effervescent grooves, sophisticated voiceings, a romantic spirit, and a consistent predisposition, as Alexander accurately states, "to build up the heat and kick up a storm." In the course of any given performance, Alexander applies those aesthetics to repertoire spanning a broad range of jazz and Jamaican musical expression-the American songbook and the blues, gospel and bebop, calypso and reggae.
THE LEGENDARY JAMAICAN PIANO MASTER
Monty Alexander Trio
Upcoming East Coast Shows
Jan. 20 - Davie, FL
Jan. 26 - Scullers - Boston
Jan. 28 - Buffalo, NY
Feb. 3-10 - The Jazz Cruise
MONTY ALEXANDER TRIO
Monty Alexander - piano
JJ Shakur - bass
Jason Brown - drums
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