News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. Jan. 5, 2018: Award-winning, Jamaican-born jazz great, Monty Alexander, has brought his unique brand of jazz back to New York City for a jolly five-night New Year performance.
Alexander, who has played with jazz royalty like Frank Sinatra, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, Tony Bennett and Milt Jackson among others, as well as with fellow national musicians like Ernest Ranglin and Sly & Robbie, has jazz and music fans on their feet as he plays the famous Birdland Jazz Club in the Big Apple, at 315 West 44th Street in Manhattan, New York.
The Grammy-nominated musician, who tells many incredible stories of his adventures from Jamaica to the world through music, will play Birdland through January 6th at 8:30 and 11 p.m., respectively, each night.
Caribbean and New York jazz fans can get tickets here now for just $40 or by logging on directly to birdlandjazz.com/attraction/monty+alexander
Alexander is certain to open his play book for fans, which is well documented on over 70 CDs and spans a broad range of jazz, blues, gospel, bebop, calypso and reggae.
Alexander, whose performances have been called pure magic by many journalists and jazz fans around the world and whose sets are undoubtedly “a refined concept of groove,” also has a busy rest of the year already planned.
UPCOMING DATES:
From January 9-10, 2018, he will play the Triple Door in Seattle, Washington from 7:30 p.m. nightly;
From January 11-13, 2018, he will play Frankie’s Jazz Club in Vancouver, British Columbia from 8 p.m. nightly;
On January 14, 2018 he will be at The Moss Theatre in Santa Monica, California from 7:30 p.m., and;
On January 16, 2018, he will play Yoshi’s Oakland in Oakland California at 8 p.m.
Alexander is a Jamaican and an American classic. Since moving to the US 55 years ago, he has continued to tour the world relentlessly with various projects, delighting a global audience drawn to his vibrant personality and soulful message. Like his “eternal inspiration,” Erroll Garner, Alexander – listed at Number 5 in ‘The Fifty Greatest Jazz Piano Players of All Time,’ gives the hardcore-jazz-obsessed much to dig into while also communicating the message to the squarest “civilian “along with his Harlem-Kingston Express. In live performances with his band, Alexander spontaneously orchestrates, switching-off from straight-ahead to two-worlds-meet.
Born on D-Day, June 6, 1944, Alexander was playing Christmas carols by ear at 4, entertaining neighbors and relatives by 5 and taking his first piano lessons at 6. He resisted formal instruction, but still, growing up in Kingston, absorbed all the musical flavors that comprise his mature sonic palette of today.
For more on the Monty Alexander and his brand of jazz, visit him on YouTube or at montyalexander.com. You can also like him on Facebook at facebook.com/officialmontyalexander or keep up to date on his performance on Twitter at @montyHKE.
