Award Winner
Jazz / Bop; Hard Bop
ISLAND GROOVES contains the two previously released albums IVORY & STEEL (1980) and JAMBOREE (1988) in one 2-disc package.
Includes liner notes by Jerry Dean and Monty Alexander.
Combining soulful, hard-bopping jazz with Jamaican calypsos and West Indian grooves, Jamaica-born pianist MONTY ALEXANDER forged a highly original and contagiously enjoyable style with his Concord "Ivory & Steel" band recordings. With Island Grooves two of his best - Ivory & Steel and Jamboree - are presented in one specially priced package. Featuring Alexander's Jamaica-fueled jazz piano pyrotechnics, the distinctively West Indian sound of the steel drums, and an eclectic collection of songs - ranging from calypso-infused jazz standards to Alexander originals to creative twists on traditional Jamaican songs - MONTY ALEXANDER's Island Grooves is a vibrant and colorful collection that is sure to appeal to fans of jazz, Latin jazz and world music.
Disc 1
IVORY & STEEL - 44:27 min.
Recorded: March 1980, Soundmixers, New York, New York
Monty Alexander Quintet
Monty Alexander - piano
Gerald Wiggins - bass
Frank Gant - drums
Othello Molineaux - steel drum
Robert Thomas Jr. - percussion
Disc 2
JAMBOREE - 48:25 min.
Recorded: February & March 1988, Penny Lane Studios, New York, New York
Monty Alexander's Ivory & Steel
Monty Alexander - piano
Bernard Montgomery - electric bass
Marshall Wood - bass
Marvin "Smitty" Smith - drums
Othello Molineaux - steel drums
Len "Boogsie" Sharpe - steel drums
Robert Thomas Jr. - hand drums |
