# Monty Alexander

Montgomery Bernard Alexander, detto Monty (Kingston, 6 giugno 1944), è un pianista giamaicano naturalizzato statunitense.

## Biografia

Il suo pianismo, sia a livello esecutivo che compositivo, risente di una forte influenza della musica caraibica e dello swing. Tra i suoi principali ispiratori: Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson, Wynton Kelly e Ahmad Jamal.

## Discografia

* Monty Alexander (1965)
* Spunky (1965, Pacific Jazz)
* Alexander the Great (1965)
* Zing (1967, RCA)
* This Is Monty Alexander (1969, Verve)
* Taste of Freedom (1970)
* Here Comes the Sun (1971, MPS)
* We've Only Just Begun (1973, MPS)
* Perception (1974, MPS)
* Rass! - con Ernest Ranglin (1974, MPS)
* Love & Sunshine (1974, MPS)
* Unlimited Love (1975, MPS)
* Montreux Alexander (1976, MPS)
* Cobilimbo - con Ernest Ranglin (1977, MPS)
* Estade (1978, MPS)
* Jamento (1978, Fantasy)
* So What? (1979, The Black & Blue Sessions)
* The Way It Is (1979 – registrato nel 1976, MPS)
* Summerwind (1980, Jeton/Polygram)
* Monty Alexander – Ernest Ranglin (1981, MPS)
* Fingering (1981, Atlas)
* Look Up (1982)
* Duke Ellington Songbook (1983, MPS)
* Reunion in Europe (1984, Concord Jazz)
* Full Steam Ahead (1985, Concord Jazz)
* Friday Night (1987), Limetree Records
* Triple Treat II (1987, Concord Jazz)
* Ivory & Steel (1988)
* Triple Treat III (1989, Concord Jazz)
* Saturday Night (1999, Timeless)
* The River (1990, Concord Jazz)
* Live in Holland (1992, Emarcy)
* Caribbean Circle (1993, Chesky)
* Live at Maybeck (1994, Concord Jazz)
* Steamin' (1995, Concord Jazz)
* Yard Movement (1995, Island Records)
* Maybeck Recital Hall Series, Vol. 40 (1995, Concord)
* To Nat with Love (1995, Mastermix)
* Ivory and Steal (1996, Concord Picante)
* Facets (1996, Concord) – con Ray Brown & Jeff Hamilton
* Overseas Special (1996, Concord) – con Ray Brown & Herb Ellis
* Echoes of Jilly's (1997, Concord)
* Reunion in Europe (1997, Concord) – con John Clayton & Jeff Hamilton
* The Concord Jazz Heritage Series (1998, Concord Jazz)
* Stir It Up – The Music of Bob Marley (1999, Telarc)
* Threesome (1999, Soul Note) – con Grady Tate & Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
* Ballad Essentials (2000, Concord Jazz)
* Island Grooves (2000, Concord Jazz)
* Monty Meets Sly & Robbie (2000, Telarc)
* Triple Treat (2001, Concord Jazz)
* Goin' Yard (2001, Telarc)
* Many Rivers to Cross (2001, Meldac)
* Caribbean Duet (2001, Sound Hills) – con Michel Sardaby
* My America (2002, Telarc)
* Triple Scoop (2002, Concord Jazz) – con Ray Brown & Herb Ellis
* Rhapsody in Blue (Telarc)
* Jamboree (2003, Concord)
* Li'l Darlin (2003, Absord Japan)
* Straight Ahead (2003, Concord) – con Ray Brown & Herb Ellis
* Steaming Hot (2004, Concord Records)
* Zing (2004, BMG)
* In Tokyo (2004, Fantasy Records)
* Rocksteady (2004, Telarc) – con Ernest Ranglin
* Live at the Iridium (2005, Telarc)
* Jazz Calypso (2005, JVC)
* Concrete Jungle: The Songs of Bob Marley (2006, Telarc)
* The Way It Is (2006)
* Impressions in Blue (2008, Telarc)
* The Good Life: Monty Alexander Plays the Songs of Tony Bennett (2008, Chesky)
* Solo (2008, Jeton)
* Taste of Freedom (2008, Universal Japan)
* Calypso Blues: The Songs of Nat King Cole (2009, Chesky)
* Uplift (2011, Jazz Legacy Productions)
* Harlem – Kingston Express Live! (2011, Motéma Music)
* Uplift 2 (2013, Jazz Legacy Productions)
* Harlem – Kingston Express, Vol 2: River Rolls On (2014)
* Sunday Night (2016, Timeless Records)
* Road Dog (2017)
* Wareika Hill: Rasta-Monk Vibrations (2019)
* Love You Madly: Live At Bubba's (2020 – registrato nel 1982, Resonance Records)
* Live At The Cully Select Jazz Festival 1991 (2020 – registrato nel 1991, Timeless Records)