How does a venerated jazz pianist whose career spans six decades remain relevant among a younger audience? If you are Monty Alexander you take it back to your Jamaican roots and invite friends like ...

Risk and reward is honored in the selection of this premium sound night club gig from nearly forty years ago. Just how such a recording is going to play in a current climate is tricky business. Is it ...

Monty Alexander has long been a one-man Kingston Trio. This is a somewhat wiseguy, punny way of saying that the pianist, who was born in 1944 at Kingston, Jamaica, has always had three major strings ...

On this episode of Jazz Night in America, we check out a concert from the archives that I just had to take a listen to. It features one of the greatest pianists ever, Monty Alexander, and my mentor ...

The sound of one of this year's Grammy-nominated reggae albums, Harlem-Kingston Express Live, may seem perplexing at first. But don't let the blend of swing and dub confuse you: That's just the unique ...

Louis Armstrong’s visit to Jamaica in 1957 inspired and shaped the bourgeoning career of one talented young musician. Armstrong arrived in Kingston to perform at the Carib Theater, for a rare ...

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 ...

Pianist Monty Alexander, bassist John Clayton and drummer Jeff Hamilton have all headlined on Aspen stages in recent years — but the trio has never played here together. The brilliant jazz trio is ...

Jamaica-born Monty Alexander is widely regarded as one of the best pianists in the history of jazz. He's celebrating 50 years as a professional... Apr 02, 2011 — Jamaica-born Monty Alexander is widely ...

ASPEN – When I ask Monty Alexander how he’s doing, the answer that comes back over the phone is a lyrical, drawn-out “Excellent, mon” that is distinctive to a certain Caribbean island that has made a ...

Piano titan Monty Alexander is no stranger to jazz festivals. His own Monty Alexander Jazz Festival reached its 10th anniversary in 2019, and now he's back on the circuit as a performer in similar ...

Pure and simple, the hardest swinging session on record. Of course, what Duke Ellington meant by his famous criterion concerning swing is as debatable as Louis Armstrong's evasive definition of jazz.