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Monty Alexander and Ernest Ranglin: Rocksteady
by C. Michael Bailey
...I wanna back to the islands Where the shrimp boats tie up to the pilin' Gimme oysters and beer For dinner every day of the year and I'll feel fine I'll feel fine... Rocksteady is officially Monty Alexander's recording. His deal with Telarc, now being realized, was that he record ...
That's Funky
By Benny Golson
Label: Arkadia Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Mack the Knife [Funky Version];
Moanin';
Sidewinder;
Mississippi Windows;
Work Song;
Mortat [Modern Bebop Version];
Blues March.
Impressions in Blue
Label: Telarc Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: Blue Rhapsody; En Aranjuez Con Tu Amor; Come Sunday; Creole Love Call; Accompong; Point-A-
Pitre; Eleuthra; Jumpin At Capitol; It
My America
Label: Telarc Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Don't Fence Me In
2. Straighten Up and Fly Right
3. Love and Happiness
4. Rockin' in Riddim
5. Mack the Knife
6. Summer Wind
7. Honky Tonk
8. Hallelujah I Love Her So
9. Sex Machine (Soul/Yard Meeting)
10. Sexual Healing
11. River Rolls On
12. Battle Hymn of the Republic (Glory Hallelujah)
Monty Alexander: Impressions in Blue
by Joel Roberts
Monty Alexander covers a wide swath of musical territory on Impressions in Blue. The Jamaican-born pianist leads his fine trio (with Hassan Shakur on bass and Mark Taylor on drums) from the Caribbean to Spain to the American West, with stops in the land of Duke and the kingdom of Cole, over the course of the ...
Monty Alexander Speaks
by Franz A. Matzner
Despite years spent in American, Monty Alexander’s speech remains full of the infectiously lilting, joyously expressive, idiomatic contours of his Kingston childhood. And it seems he is always laughing. It may be that this is also simply a matter of culture, but I don’t think so. I think the laughter is a part of who Alexander ...
Monty Alexander: Impressions in Blue
by Franz A. Matzner
Monty Alexander's latest trio release instructs the listener on how wide a spectrum of hues fall within the category called blue. More precisely, Alexander reveals that there are definitely a few shades that the majority of jazz albums—an almost nauseating number of which incorporate the word ‘blue’ in their album and song titles—have ignored.
Monty Alexander Trio: Impressions in Blue
by C. Michael Bailey
Monty Alexander has been having his way with his repertoire under the Telarc umbrella, and the results so far have been uniformly fine. Impressions in Blue is the Jamaican pianist’s fifth outing for the label, preceded by the highly acclaimed My America , Goin’ Yard , Monty Meets Sly and Robbie , and Stir It Up: ...
Monty Alexander: My America
by AAJ Staff
What does it mean to be an American? For Jamaican-born pianist Monty Alexander, it means one thing – music. Yet within that one thing lies an impressive diversity which Alexander tackles...impressively. These tunes range from pop standards like Kurt Weill’s “Mack the Kinife" and Nat Cole’s “Straighten Up and Fly Right" (sung by Nat’s son Freddy) ...
