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Monty Alexander

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Mack the Knife (Swing - Jazz Secrets) (Short Cuts - breakdown) [feat. Ray Drummond]
Arkadia Short Cuts, Benny Golson & Monty Alexander
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Angel Eyes
Monty Alexander
Make Believe
Monty Alexander
Muko
Monty Alexander
Well You Needn't
Monty Alexander
Taboo
Ernest Ranglin & Monty Alexander
Brilliant Corners
Monty Alexander
Captain Bill
Monty Alexander, Ray Brown & Herb Ellis
The River Rolls On (feat. Caterina Zapponi)
Monty Alexander
Hajji Baba
Monty Alexander
Song For Susan
Monty Alexander
Smile
Monty Alexander
Eleuthera
Monty Alexander
Nutty
Monty Alexander
Mack the Knife (Swing - Jazz Secrets) [feat. Nat Adderley, Ray Drummond & Marvin 'Smitty' Smith]
Arkadia Jazz All-Stars, Benny Golson & Monty Alexander
I'm A Fool To Want You (Instrumental)
Monty Alexander
Albums
Mack the Knife (Swing - Jazz Secrets) (Short Cuts - breakdown) [feat. Ray Drummond]
Arkadia Short Cuts, Benny Golson & Monty Alexander
Mack the Knife (Swing - Jazz Secrets)
Arkadia Jazz All-Stars, Benny Golson & Monty Alexander
Mississippi Windows (Snapshot - opening theme) [feat. Ray Drummond & Marvin 'Smitty' Smith]
Benny Golson, Nat Adderley & Monty Alexander
D Day
Monty Alexander
Jamaican Legends Live in Tokyo
Sly & Robbie, Ernest Ranglin & Monty Alexander
Sunday Night (feat. Ed Thigpen & Robert Thomas Jr)
Monty Alexander
Wareika Hill Rastamonk Vibrations
Monty Alexander
Here Comes the Sun
Monty Alexander
Perception
Monty Alexander
Rass
Monty Alexander
Featured in
In A Mellow Mood
Jazz Reggae
Fireplace Jazz
Jazz Crossroad
World Jazz Fusion
Post-Modern Jazz
New Breed Of Jazz
Jazz & Percussion
Tribute To Monk
Live performances
Goin' Yard (Live At Manchester Craftsmen's Guild Hall, Pittsburgh, PA / October 5-6, 2000)
Monty Alexander
Monty Alexander: The Montreux Years (Live)
Monty Alexander
Friday Night (Live) [feat. Robert Thomas Jr, Reggie Johnson & Ed Thigpen]
Monty Alexander
Live at the Cully Select Jazz Festival 1991 (Live) [feat. Duffy Jackson & Lynn Seaton]
Monty Alexander
The Maybeck Recital Series, Vol. 40
Monty Alexander
Monty Strikes Again (Live)
Monty Alexander
Harlem - Kingston Express Live!
Monty Alexander
Harlem-Kingston Express (Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, NYC)
Monty Alexander
Alexander The Great! - Monty Swings On MPS - Live
Monty Alexander
Live At The Iridium (Live At The Iridium, New York City, NY / May 21-23, 2004)
Monty Alexander
Appearances
Another Blue (Jazz Blues - Jazz Secrets)
Arkadia Jazz All-Stars, T.K. Blue & James Weidman
Quando M'en Vo (Musetta's Waltz) (Third Stream - Jazz Secrets)
Arkadia Jazz All-Stars, Dave Liebman & Vic Juris
Mack the Knife (Swing - Jazz Secrets) (Short Cuts - breakdown) [feat. Ray Drummond]
Arkadia Short Cuts, Benny Golson & Monty Alexander
Golden Standards, Vol. 2
Benny Golson
You Go to My Head (Vocal Scat - Jazz Secrets)
Arkadia Jazz All-Stars, JD Walter & Jim Ridl
Mississippi Windows (Snapshot - opening theme) [feat. Ray Drummond & Marvin 'Smitty' Smith]
Benny Golson, Nat Adderley & Monty Alexander
Golden Standards, Vol. 1
Benny Golson
Blues Alley
Benny Golson
Blues March (Snapshot - theme) [feat. Ray Drummond & Marvin 'Smitty' Smith]
Benny Golson & Nat Adderley
Background Jazz
Various Artists
Compilations
The Best of the MPS Years
Monty Alexander
Never Let Me Go: Chesky's Best of Monty Alexander
Monty Alexander
Covers III
Ari Hoenig, Leny Andrade, Monty Alexander & John Hammond
Rockin' The Spirit
Bob Seeley, Johnny O'Neal, Mark Braun, Eric Reed & Monty Alexander
Ultimate Demonstration Disc: Chesky Records' Guide to Critical Listening
John Henry, Rebecca Pidgeon, Sara K., Leny Andrade, Livingston Taylor, The Fred Hersch Trio, Ana Caram, Mccoy Tyner Quartet, Monty Alexander, Johnny Frigo, Connecticut Early Music Festival Ensemble, Fred Hersch, Westminster Choir, Ransom Wilson, Solisti New York, Joe Henderson, McCoy Tyner, Ron Cart
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Biography
Monty Alexander (born Montgomery Bernard Alexander on 6 June 1944 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a jazz pianist, who also sings and plays the melodica. His playing has a Caribbean influence and bright swinging feeling, with a strong vocabulary of bebop and soulful blues melodies. He was influenced by Oscar Peterson, Les McCann, Ahmad Jamal, and Wynton Kelly. Alexander is known for hi ... Show More
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