Monty Alexander - My America

Monty Alexander / My America
Жанр: Bop,Hard Bop,Jazz Instrument,Piano Jazz
Страна-производитель диска: USA
Год издания диска: 2002
Издатель (лейбл): Telarc
Номер по каталогу: CD-83552
Страна: USA
Аудиокодек: FLAC (*.flac)
Тип рипа: image+.cue
Битрейт аудио: (lossy + lossless)
Продолжительность: 54:49
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Треклист:
1. Don't Fence Me In
2. Straighten Up And Fly Right
3. Love And Happiness
4. Rockin' In Riddim
5. Mack The Knife
6. Summer Wind
7. Honky Tonk
8. Hallelujah I Love Her So
9. Sex Machine (Soul/Yard Meeting)
10. Sexual Healing
11. The River Rolls On
12. Battle Hymn Of The Republic (Glory Hallelujah)

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Содержание индексной карты (.CUE)

Об исполнителе (группе)

Monty Alexander long ago combined together the influence of Oscar Peterson with the soul of Gene Harris and Nat King Cole to form his own appealing and personable style. Long a bit underrated (due to the shadow of Peterson), Alexander has recorded more than a score of excellent albums. Monty Alexander began piano lessons when he was six and he played professionally in Jamaican clubs while still a teenager; his band, Monty and the Cyclones, was quite popular locally during 1958-1960. He first played in the U.S. when he appeared in Las Vegas with Art Mooney's Orchestra. Soon he was accompanying a variety of top singers, formed a friendship with vibraphonist Milt Jackson, and began gigging with bassist Ray Brown. With the recording of a pair of Pacific Jazz albums in 1965, an RCA date in 1967, and a Verve session in 1969, Alexander began to gain a strong reputation. His series of exciting albums for MPS during 1971-1977 found him in prime form, and his recordings in the '80s, '90s, and 2000s found him building on his original style. Alexander, who often pays tribute to his Jamaican heritage, performs regularly with his own trio and swings hard in his own voice.

Об альбоме (сборнике)

Over his long recording and performing career, Monty Alexander has displayed an ability to excel with any jazz or related genre. From swing to bop and hard bop, from reggae to mainstream jazz, you name it and Alexander has done it and done it well. On his latest and fourth album for the Telarc label, the veteran pianist takes time to show his appreciation and gratitude to his adopted home, America, through a series of songs in honor of people and images that shaped his attitude toward this country, whether it be cowboy movies he used to see as a youngster in Jamaica or the impression made upon him by a variety of American performers, including Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, Marvin Gaye, James Brown, and others of like diversity. Nor has he forgotten his Caribbean roots with a highly rhythmic version of Al Green's Love and Happiness. Alexander's Mack the Knife is given a sort of gentile honky tonk burnish, while there is a bit of music hall piano in Battle Hymn of the Republic before he turns this patriotic song into a rousing swinger with gospel overtones. If this album needed a subtitle, it might be Some of My Best Friends Are Singers, picking up on the device successfully used by his once-playing partner, Ray Brown. Alexander is joined on four cuts by Freddy Cole, John Pizzarelli, Kevin Mahogany, and Cat. As good as this vocalizing is, it's the infectious, bright playing of Alexander that lifts this album beyond the realm of the ordinary. Recommended.

Состав

Monty Alexander - piano, melodica
Glen Browne - Bass, musical director
Dalton Browne - rhytm guitar
Derek DiCenzo - lead guitar
Leon Duncan - bass
Desi Jones - drums
Leroy Romans - keyboards
Bobby Thomas, Jr. - hand drums, percussion