Jazz Articles about Joey Alexander

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New York's Hottest New Club Has Arrived

by Mark Robbins
August 14, 2026

Martin Porter's life has revolved around jazz from an early age. Growing up playing jazz piano and listening to the greats, he eventually found himself living out a dream--working at the Jazz Standard, one of the city's premier jazz clubs. The closing of the Standard left a void in New York's jazz community--one that Martin Porter was determined to help fill. Along with his partner, he did just that with the opening of their new club, The Pocket. During the Newport ...

Album Review

Joey Alexander: Celestial Keeper

Read "Celestial Keeper" reviewed by Doug Collette

by Doug Collette
July 18, 2026

Joey Alexander may no longer qualify as a prodigy, but his skills as a pianist and composer remain prodigious. The bell-like clarity of the notes ringing out at the outset of “Bemused (solo improv 1)" augurs as much for Celestial Keeper as it does for the now 22-year-old, who follows suit throughout the album. In fact, guest intervals that might otherwise stand as interruptions in the flow of work with his trio of bassist Kris Funn and drummer ...

Radio & Podcasts

Latest music from Joey Alexander + Gaia Wilmer channels Gilberto Gil, SML Live, and Marty Erlich plays Julius Hemphill Compositions

by Hobart Taylor
July 8, 2026

Ayn Inserto's arranging reworks the “Big Band" tradition, Tonino Miano is 21st Century Third Stream, Bob Nell with the Michael Bisio Trio work chromatic wonders.Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Gaia Wilmer “Parabolicamara (feat. Monica Salmaso)" from Parabolico Volume I (Sunnyside) 00:11 Host Speaks 10:29 Marty Ehrlich “What I Know Now" from Open Air: The Complete Saxophone Quartet Compositions of Julius Hemphill(Out of Your Head) 11:51 Ayn Inserto/WDR Big Band “Vinifera" from Jagged Edges Elegant Lines (Summit) 16:08 Joey Alexander ...

Live Review

Joey Alexander Trio at Chris’ Jazz Café

by Victor L. Schermer
March 13, 2024

Joey Alexander Trio Chris' Jazz Café Philadelphia, PA March 8, 2024 All musical genres, and specifically jazz, have produced any number of musicians who blossomed in childhood and already in their teens were performing and competitive with the masters. The greatest historical example of course was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and a latter-day example was Leonard Bernstein. In jazz, Philadelphia's own Pat Martino moved to Harlem at age 14, was mentored by the ...

Radio & Podcasts

Joey Alexander: I Just Happened To Start Early

by Leo Sidran
November 7, 2023

When Joey Alexander made his first appearance in the States nearly a decade ago, it seemed to send a kind of shockwave through the jazz world. He was 10 years old when Wynton Marsalis invited him to travel from his native Indonesia (he was born in Bali but moved to Jakarta to pursue his music) to New York to perform at the Jazz at Lincoln Center Gala. He played a solo arrangement of “Round Midnight." It was incredible.

Album Review

Joey Alexander: Continuance

Read "Continuance" reviewed by Neil Duggan

by Neil Duggan
November 6, 2023

At some point, even a child prodigy grows up. Now 20 years old, Balinese pianist, Joey Alexander has come long way from the six- year-old exposed to Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk and Bill Evans, the eight-year-old playing in front of Herbie Hancock and the ten-year-old winning improvisation competitions. It may be hard to believe but Continuance is his seventh release. Given his age, ability and meteoric rise, expectations are always high, perhaps unfairly so. In his expected progress ...

Radio & Podcasts

Chris Botti, Joey Alexander & Lennie Moore

by Joe Dimino
October 22, 2023

We kick off the 825th Episode of Neon Jazz with prolific composer Lennie Moore and music from his 2023 album Mentors. From there, we hear from a legend whp had a profound influence on his cognition of jazz in Chick Corea. We also hear new material from Joey Alexander, Klas Lindquist, Bobby Zankel and Chris Botti. and profile the talented new trio, Nite Bjuti. We wrap up the show with previously unreleased music from Oscar Peterson's Live in Lugano. Dig ...