Alexander performing at Ronnie Scott's, London, in 2006
Background information
Birth name
Montgomery Bernard Alexander
Born
(1944-06-06) 6 June 1944 (age 79) Kingston, Jamaica
Genres
Jazz, reggae, hard bop, straight-ahead jazz
Occupation(s)
Musician
Instrument(s)
Piano, melodica, vocals
Years active
1958–present
Labels
Pacific Jazz, RCA, Verve, MPS, Motéma Music
Website
montyalexander.com
Musical artist
Montgomery Bernard "Monty" Alexander OJ CD (born 6 June 1944) is a Jamaican American jazz pianist. His playing has a Caribbean influence and bright swinging feeling, with a strong vocabulary of bebop jazz and blues rooted melodies.[1] He was influenced by Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Erroll Garner, Nat King Cole, Oscar Peterson, Ahmad Jamal, Les McCann, and Frank Sinatra. Alexander also sings and plays the melodica. He is known for his surprising musical twists, bright rhythmic sense, and intense dramatic musical climaxes. His recording career has covered many of the well-known American songbook standards, jazz standards, pop hits, and Jamaican songs from his original homeland. Alexander has resided in New York City for many years and performs frequently throughout the world at jazz festivals and clubs.
^Cook, Richard (2005). Richard Cook's Jazz Encyclopedia. London: Penguin Books. p. 7. ISBN 0-141-00646-3.
Montgomery Bernard "Monty" Alexander OJ CD (born 6 June 1944) is a Jamaican American jazz pianist. His playing has a Caribbean influence and bright swinging...
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the form. Ranglin has worked with Theophilus Beckford, Jimmy Cliff, MontyAlexander, Prince Buster, the Skatalites, Bob Marley and the Eric Deans Orchestra...
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out into the professional music scene at the age of 18, joining the MontyAlexander group. Touring with the group launched him into the major jazz music...
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earliest musicians to adapt the steelpan to jazz. He has worked with MontyAlexander, Chicago, and David Johansen. Born in a family of musicians, his mother...
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started playing classical piano at the age of eight. He cites Dr. John, MontyAlexander, Jordan Rudess of Dream Theater and Mark Kelly of Marillion as influences...
in the 1960s. Among those to cite him directly as an influence are MontyAlexander, Chick Corea, Brad Mehldau, and Chucho Valdés. Pamies suggested that...
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