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Alex Chadsey

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Alex Chadsey is a professional improvisational pianist with over 20 years of experience as a performer, composer, arranger, and producer. With three albums of original music and credit on a GRAMMY award-winning record, Alex has harnessed his lifelong passion for music to grow a successful international career in the music industry.
Alex holds degrees from the Universities of Michigan and Washington, where he graduated with a Masters in 2020. In all musical endeavors, he draws from a wide range of knowledge and traditions, informed as much by formal academic training as by apprenticing with master musicians the world over—from Cuba, Mexico Puerto Rico, NYC, LA, and elsewhere. Notable works include recording with the legendary Reggae artist Clinton Fearon, as well as touring and recording with the award-winning, East LA-based Chicano band Quetzal.
Invocation

By Alex Chadsey
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Song For Seales; Ahmadish; Transition; Invocation; Chick (Intro); Chick; Stibro; Eulogy
Ahmadish

Album: Invocation
By Alex Chadsey
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Duration: 03:40
The Dance She Spoke

By Alex Chadsey
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2020
Track listing: Hush (Dawn); Fefo; Dansa; N'gri; Echoes; Mendiani; Lafe; You Gotta Go; Hush (Twilight).
Duende Libre: The Dance She Spoke

by Paul Rauch
It has often been said that art is all about risk, and there certainly is a lot of truth to that statement. There is no greater forum in modern art for risk than jazz music, the degree of that factor being multiplied exponentially when linking or fusing it with other musical styles. In the case of ...
Global Fusions and African Connections

by Geno Thackara
Whatever may be going wrong in the world, there are always some figures (especially artists) out there reminding us of the importance of community and celebration. Without making a direct statement on the strange circumstances of 2020, this batch of recordings nonetheless offers just the kind of vibrant affirmation the times need. Duende Libre ...
Drift

By Alex Chadsey
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2018
Track listing: Zephyr (for Meltem) feat. Chava Mirel; Drift; Spain (feat. Chava Mirel); Subway (feat.
Chava Mirel; Choro; Kiki; Bosphorous;
Duende Libre: Drift

by Paul Rauch
Duende Libre is an energetic trio of Seattle musicians utilizing the American jazz tradition as a jumping off point for exploration of global musical forms. The creative vision for the band is perhaps that of pianist/composer Alex Chadsey, yet it is his two mates, drummer/percussionist Jeff Busch, and uber bassist Farko Dosumov that bring his musical ...
Duende Libre

By Alex Chadsey
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2017
Track listing: rio pescadores; forgotten well; michel; funkination; razzle dazzle; sevilla; moon
waltz; for the rekkerd; salif; still; sinister minister;
Sam Boshnack Quintet: Nellie Bly Project

by Paul Rauch
Samantha Boshnack is more than a musician and composer. She is a storyteller who walks us through the history of things. With Nellie Bly Project, she tells the story of daredevil journalist, writer, and feminist Elizabeth Cochran Seaman (1864-1922), known by her pen name, Nellie Bly. The compositions, a four movement suite, are like a journey ...