ALBUMWareika Hill Rastamonk VibrationsMonty Alexander
ALBUMSunday Night (feat. Ed Thigpen & Robert Thomas, Jr.)Monty Alexander
ALBUMRass!Monty Alexander
ALBUMUntitledErnest Ranglin & Monty Alexander
ALBUMHarlem-Kingston Express, Vol. 2: The River Rolls OnMonty Alexander
ALBUMUplift 2 Higher (feat. Jeff Hamilton, Jeff Clayton, Frits Landesbergen & Hassan Shakur)Monty Alexander
ALBUMUplift (feat. Hassan Shakur, Herlin Riley & Frits Landesbergen)Monty Alexander
Artist Biography
Jamaica-born pianist Monty Alexander is a sophisticated, prolific performer with an urbane swinging style informed by the bop tradition as well as the reggae and Caribbean folk he grew up with. Influenced by pianist Oscar Peterson, Alexander initially garnered attention performing in night clubs in the late '50s. Following a move to Miami, he gained wider renown with 1965's Alexander the Great and 1976's Live! Montreux Alexander. Over the years he has continued to explore a vibrant, cross-pollinated sound, moving from straight-ahead acoustic jazz to Jamaican sounds on albums like 1980's Trio, 1994's Jamboree: Monty Alexander's Ivory and Steel, and 2011's Grammy-nominated Harlem-Kingston Express. In 2019, he brought all these influences to bear on the Thelonious Monk-inspired Wareika Hill Rastamonk Vibrations.