Grammy-nominated legendary Jamaican jazz musician, Monty Alexander, known for his spirited musical conceptions that can appeal to even the squarest civilian, is coming to Miami next month. Alexander and the Harlem-Kingston Express Band will bring together the musical worlds of American jazz, calypso and other genres into a show at the South-Miami- Dade Cultural Arts Center on November 5 starting at 8 p.m.
“I’m looking forward to being back in the city where it all got started and to sharing my musical journey with the fans,” said Alexander.
In the course of any given performance, Alexander applies those aesthetics to repertoire spanning a broad range of jazz and Jamaican musical expression – the American songbook and the blues, gospel and bebop, calypso and reggae. Like his “eternal inspiration” – Erroll Garner – Alexander is cited as the fifth greatest jazz pianist ever in The Fifty Greatest Jazz Piano Players of All Time (Hal Leonard Publishing) and mentioned in Robert Doerschuk’s ‘88: The Giants of Jazz Piano.’
