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Danish jazz and rock drummer (1940–2024)
Alex Riel
Alex Riel photo by Gorm Valentin
Background information
Born
(1940-09-13)13 September 1940 Copenhagen, Denmark
Died
9 June 2024(2024-06-09) (aged 83) Liseleje, Denmark
Genres
Jazz, rock
Occupation(s)
Musician
Instrument(s)
Drums
Years active
1962–2024
Website
www.alexriel.dk
Musical artist
Alex Riel (13 September 1940 – 9 June 2024) was a Danish jazz and rock drummer.[1][2] His first group Alex Riel/Palle Mikkelborg Quintet won the Montreux Grand Prix Award at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1968.[3] He was married to the writer Ane Riel.
^Jeg skal sgu sidde ved trommerne Af Bine Madsen. Dagbladenes Bureau, 9 February 2010. Same interview in Flensborg Avis, 17 February 2010, Side 18
^Alex Riel Horsens Folkeblad, 16 February 2010, 2. sektion, Side 12
^"Montreux Fest Carves Jazz Niche". Billboard. 29 June 1968. p. 93. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
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the city in 1964), bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, and drummer AlexRiel as the regular rhythm group accompanying guest musicians. From 1976, the...
Stein Inge Brækhus (drums). Later the quartet substituted Brækhus with AlexRiel for their second album Tune in – take out (2002), and has lately consisted...
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wrote, arranged, and conducted both. Forming a jazz quintet with drummer, AlexRiel they performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival and Newport Jazz Festival...
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