Results for "Island Grooves"

Gabriel Evan

Born: June 23, 1987

Gabriel Evan, a woodwinds specialist originally from Ossining, NY, performs over 300 shows per year, spanning traditional jazz, gypsy jazz and early Caribbean music. Receiving his first saxophone at 8 years old, Gabriel has spent the last 28 years studying his craft, with an early highpoint interning at WBGO jazz radio station out of Newark, NJ, during his high school years. He earned his Bachelor of Music from DePauw University in 2009, and immediately following graduation began performing professionally in NYC.

As a member of the traditional and gypsy jazz communities, Gabriel has been performing as both a bandleader and sideman for the last 15 years and released his first record Gabriel’s Swing as a bandleader in June of 2019 and second record Global Entry in 2021

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 ...