Results for "Island Grooves"

Island Grooves

By Monty Alexander

Label: Concord Music Group
Released: 2001
Track listing: FromIvory & Steel: Happy Lypso; Cavatina; Montevideo; S.K.J.; That's the Way It Is; Work Song; Medley ("Impressions" and "So What"); Stella By Starlight; Street Life. FromJamboree: Sly Mongoose; Think Twice; No Woman No Cry; Look Up; Accompong; You Can See; Big Yellow Taxi; Reggae Later; Crying; Linstead Market. (45:09, 49:09)

Monty Alexander: Island Grooves

by Dave Hughes
January 1, 2001

I don't often review reissues, but here's a particular noteworthy re-release of two albums that somehow escaped my attention in the 80s, especially being the steel drum lover that I am. Concord has launched a reissue series which pairs two similar albums by an artist on a specially-priced 2-CD set. In this case, it's Jamaican-born pianist ...

Island Grooves

By Monty Alexander

Label: Concord Music Group
Released: 2000
Track listing: Disk 1: Happy Lypso, Cavatina, Montevideo, S.K.J., That's The Way It Is, Work Song, Impressions/So What, Stella By Starlight, Street Life

Disk 2: Sly Mongoose, Think Twice, No Woman No Cry, Look Up, Accompong, You Can See, Big Yellow Taxi, Reggae-Later, Crying, Linstead Market

Monty Alexander: Island Grooves

by AAJ Staff
December 1, 2000

With a few minor detours along the way, such as a mere stint with Frank Sinatra or recording more traditional jazz piano albums like Steamin', Monty Alexander keeps going back to his Jamaican roots. Now that he's recording again with musicians Robbie Shakespeare and Sly Dunham, not to mention work with guitarist Ernest Ranglin along the ...