The task of listening to all three of these CDs led by the great pianist Monty Alexander (actually four, Steaming Hot being a double disc) is both pleasurable and daunting. There's a “something for ...

Encompassing decades of Caribbean music styles, jazz and classic tunes from the Great American Songbook, Jamaican American pianist Monty Alexander’s “A Living History: Jamaica to Jazz” concert event ...

The Monty Alexander 80th Birthday Celebration Concert features the legendary pianist performing music from his latest release, D-Day. Recognized as one of the greatest living jazz pianists, Alexander ...

In between his gigs at Blues Alley, Alexander has carved out an incredible career for himself blending the traditions of American jazz with his authentic Jamaican roots while adding a healthy dollop ...

Jamaican pianist Monty Alexander and guitarist Ernest Ranglin are old friends, countrymen and music legends. As young sidemen in Kingston in the early 1960s -- Alexander started out at 15 -- the two ...

A decade ago, Monty Alexander started incorporating elements of his Jamaican youth -- reggae and ska -- into his all-swinging repertoire and style and started to distinguish himself among pianists ...

Jazz pianist Monty Alexander perceives music as a healing force in life. No surprise then that he will bring that force to his live performances at Blues Alley this week. “When I was a kid in ...

In 1961, a 17-year-old pianist from Kingston named Montgomery Bernard Alexander arrived at Miami. He had already amassed considerable experience playing with fellow Jamaican musicians on sessions of ...

When Monty Alexander is at his best, few jazz pianists can match him for sheer excitement and drive. He is the rare performer whose live shows are invariably more exciting than his recordings, and he ...

Jamaican pianist Monty Alexander has been playing his own brand of laid-back Caribbean and reggae–jazz fusion for half a century. Drummer Sly Dunbar and bassist Robbie Shakespeare, meanwhile, have ...

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 ...