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Child jazz piano prodigy2/19/2023 ![]() Listen to a studio performance of the composition My Favorite Things from the album of the same name by a boy rightly considered a child prodigy, who was featured on a New York Times magazine cover not a full month after the release of his debut album. It is no wonder Joey Alexander sparked such interest of colleagues and the public almost over night it seems, since he shows astonishing maturity in his technique and improvisation. Born in 1941, pianist Martha Argerich took up the piano aged 5, and was soon hailed as a prodigy, performing in public. I am amazed by everything about his playing – his rhythm, the confidence and his understanding of music.” His early talent, which made him enter the world of jazz music as a child prodigy, explains the number and quality of his. He caught public attention last year with a performance at Jazz at Lincoln Center Gala Concert where he was invited by artistic director Wynton Marsalis who said the following about Alexander: “I don’t know anyone like him. 'a Russian pianist who was a child prodigy in his day' As an example: Id consider someone like Emily Bear to fit with that, but there are many other examples. Gifted child of his generation, the jazz pianist Jacky Terrasson offers us his last album Gouache, a mixing of tributes to justin bieber, Amy Winehouse. He met Herbie Hancock at one his first performances when he was 8 and decided after that to “dedicate his childhood to jazz”. People were wanting me to define what a prodigy is: The google definition is: a person, especially a young one, endowed with exceptional qualities or abilities. They feature local university jazz majors who play for tips. Joey Alexander learned to play the piano by ear on a toy instrument when he was 6 by listening to his parents’ jazz records. Just a night on the town in Bangkoks Banglamphu neighborhood, at a place called Jazz Happens. who used to perform with different ensembles at the Jazz Fest – Grenadier in 20 and Owens in 2009 and this year, when he performed with Kurt Elling. ![]() It's an unlikely start for a young man who, as a young child, was. ![]() Guest musicians on the album were bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Ulysses Owens, Jr. Pianist Matt Savage is just barely a teenager, yet he's already played with Dave Brubeck, Chick Corea, Clark Terry and Jimmy Heath. The label Motéma Music released My Favorite Things on which the young artist was joined by bassist Russell Hall, drummer Sammy Miller and trumpeter Alphonso Horne. ![]() The album by this exceptionally gifted boy brings jazz standards and one original composition Ma Blues inspired by the song Moanin’. My Favorite Things, the first album by young, 12-year old Indonesian pianist Joey Alexander was released at the beginning of May earning him two Grammy nominations, in the category Best Improvised Jazt Solo and Best Instrumental Jazz Album. ![]()
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