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Monty Alexander: My America
by C. Michael Bailey
I want to go back to the Islands... Monty Alexander is the Jamaican Gene Harris. Both play with a dual-fisted, churchy style. Where Harris is the pinnacle of blues piano, Alexander rules the Caribbean rhythms. These rhythms and flavors he infuses into every piece on his new release, My America. This is an interesting collection that ...
Island Grooves
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)
Goin' Yard
Label: Telarc Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: The Serpent, Grub, King Tubby Meets The Rockers Uptown, Could You Be Loved, Trust, Sight Up!, Hurricane, Hope, Exodus, Skankin
Monty Alexander: Goin' Yard
by AAJ Staff
Monty Alexander has been flirting the recording of Jamaican music, the music of his homeland, for over the past two decades, when he started recording his Ivory And Steel albums on Concord. Even those initial Ivory And Steel efforts were recorded eight years apart, and the bulk of his recording activity--and the bulk of his reputation--have ...
Monty Alexander: Island Grooves
by Dave Hughes
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
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
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 ...
