Joey Alexander

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Josiah Alexander Sila (born 25 June 2003), also known as Joey Alexander, is an Indonesian jazz pianist.

When his album, My Favorite Things, debuted at number 174 and then peaked at 59, Joey Alexander, a child prodigy, learned to play jazz at age six by listening to his father's classic jazz albums.

Wynton Marsalis invited him to play at Jazz at Lincoln Center in 2014, making him a "overnight sensation," according to The New York Times.

At age 11, he released My Favorite Things, his first album.

Joey Alexander appeared at the Montreal and Newport Jazz Festivals in 2015 and has appeared for Herbie Hancock, Bill Clinton, Wendy Kiess, and Barack Obama.

Early life

Josiah Alexander Sila was born in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, to parents Denny Sila and Farah Leonora Urbach, who owned an adventure tourism company. His father was an amateur entertainer, and both parents, particularly Louis Armstrong, were fans of jazz. He is the nephew of rock band Nafa Urbach, as well as Indonesian musician and songwriter Alam Urbach. He learned about jazz by listening to classic albums his father gave him. He had learned by ear compositions such as Thelonious Monk's "Well, You Wantn't" and other songs from his father's jazz collection by age six. He later said that learning the instrument came naturally to him and that his gift is "a gift from God." Clifford Brown, Miles Davis, Wynton Marsalis, Brad Mehldau, Horace Silver, and McCoy Tyner are among John Coltrane's influences, as he honors them. Henry Connick Jr., Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, and Herbie Hancock are all favorites, and he particularly adores Clifford Brown, Harry Connick Jr., Bill Evans, Bill Evans, Hector, and McCoy Tyner.

Alexander performed in jam sessions in Bali and Jakarta, where his family relocated after disbanding their tourism company to live near Indonesia's best jazz musicians due to the unavailability of jazz education in his hometown. When Hancock was in Jakarta as a UNESCO goodwill ambassador, he was playing for Herbie Hancock when he was eight. Hancock told Joey Alexander that he trusted in him, and Alexander later called the day "the day I decided to dedicate my childhood to jazz." He won the Grand Prix in Odessa, Ukraine, which attracted 43 musicians from 17 countries at the age of nine. He and his family migrated to New York City in 2014 to pursue a career in music.

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Career

Wynton Marsalis, Lincoln Center's artistic director, learned of Joey Alexander after a friend suggested that he watch compositions by Coltrane, Monk, and Chick Corea. On his Facebook page, Marsalis praised Joey Alexander as "my hero" and invited him to attend his organization's gala in May 2014, when he was 10. It was Joey Alexander's first appearance in the United States. He has received praise for his appearance, particularly for his solo version of Monk's "Round Midnight." After the performance, the New York Times said he became a "overnight sensation." Allen Morrison of Downbeat magazine said of the show: "If the word 'genius' still means anything, it certainly does refers to this proverb." With a stunning precocity and mastery of many decades of piano style, he created his own solo interpretations on 'Round Midnight'. "There has never been anyone in your life who could play like that at his age," Marsalis said of him. I loved everything about his playing, from his rhythm, his optimism, and his appreciation of the music." Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, widow of tennis player Arthur Ashe, invited Alexander to perform at the Arthur Ashe Learning Center gala, where he performed for a crowd that included former President Bill Clinton. Moutoussamy-Ashe introduced him to Gordon Uehling III, the father of the CourtSense Tennis Training Center, who allowed Alexander and his family to remain at his house in Alpine, New Jersey.

At the Apollo Theater in Harlem, Joey Alexander performed at A Great Night in Herbie Hancock's honor of Herbie Hancock. His appearance at the University of Columbia drew national notice on the internet, with over 500,000 views on Facebook. He appeared in a concert with students of Juilliard School, the proceeds of which paid for his continued stay in New York City. The festival, which attracted national media attention on NBC News, was enough for him to obtain an O-1B visa, which is given to "individuals with extraordinary capability." In 2014, he also appeared at the Copenhagen Jazz Festival and the International Java Jazz Festival in Jakarta.

My Favorite Things, Joey Alexander's debut album on Harlem-based Motéma Music, and produced by Jason Olaine. At the time of its inception, he was 11 years old. In October 2014, he started recording the album. He arranged all of the songs on the album, which also includes renditions of "Round Midnight," Coltrane's "Giant Steps" and Billy Strayhorn's "Lush Life." It also includes "Ma Blues," which was based on Bobby Timmons' "Moanin"'s "Moanin." Alexander's Favorite Things included Russell Hall, Alphonso Horne, and Sammy Miller, as well as guest artists Larry Grenadier and Ulysses Owens. He had two appearances in 2015, one at the Montreal International Jazz Festival and another at the Newport Jazz Festival in August. George Wein, a Newport producer, is reluctant to sign suspected child prodigies, but he made an exception after Moutoussamy-Ashe took Joey Alexander to Wein's Manhattan apartment to perform for him. Wein characterized himself by his "mathematic approach" approach, according to Wein. Joey Alexander has expressed an interest in integrating Joey Alexander into the Lincoln Center's educational outreach programs, in the hopes of influencing young people to listen to jazz music.

Joey Alexander, a runner-up in February 2016, was nominated for Best Jazz Instrumental Album (for My Favorite Things) and Best Improvised Jazz Solo (for "Giant Steps"). He appeared live at the Premiere Ceremony, the pre-telecasting of the Grammy Awards.

Joey Alexander unveiled his second album, Countdown, in September 2016, which was named after the John Coltrane track. His trio, Dan Chmielinski and Ulysses Owens, was augmented by bassist Larry Grenadier and saxophonist Chris Potter, who was augmented by bassist Larry Grenadier.

Joey Alexander made his New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival debut on April 28, 2017.

Alexander's third album, titled Joey, was released in September 2017. Monk is a Monk.

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Thelonious Monk's "Motéma Music, 2017," is a collection of seven songs performed live at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Appel Room in June 2017, which was published concurrently with his T. Washington Scholars program's nomination as Music Scholar.

Eclipse, Motéma Music, 2018, 2018, is his fourth album.

Joey Alexander attended the inaugural ceremony of the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, on August 18th.

Origin, Mack Avenue, 2022, was his fifth album, titled Origin (Mack Avenue, 2022), released on May 2022 by Mack Avenue Records. Origin is Joey's first album to feature entirely original compositions. Kendrick Scott and Larry Grenadier, as well as featured musicians Gilad Hekselman and Chris Potter, are among the returning performers.

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