Let’s end with a question for the National Endowment of the Arts: How can it be that Monty Alexander has not yet been named an NEA Jazz Master? To answer that, we have to paraphrase his hero, Duke ...
Encompassing decades of Caribbean music styles, jazz and classic tunes from the Great American Songbook, Jamaican American ...
A self-proclaimed citizen of the world, Monty Alexander has played with legends like Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, and Miles Davis. But he has never forgotten the unheralded Jamaican musicians who ...
Strawberry Hill; High Heel Sneakers; King Tubby Meets the Rockers Uptown; Eleuthera; Sweet Georgia Brown; Freddie Freeloader (Riddim); The Heathen; Compassion; Running Away; Day-O (The Banana Boat ...
Up Wareika; Misterioso; Nutty; Bye-Ya; San Francisco Holiday a.k.a. Worry Later; Rhythm-a-Ning; Brilliant Corners; Well You Needn't; Bemsha Swing; green Chimneys; Monk's Dream; Abide with Me; Well You ...