Montreux Jazz Chronicle 2014 - N°10

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N°10

Dimanche, 13 juillet 2014 Le quotidien du Montreux Jazz Festival Sunday, 13 July 2014 The Montreux Jazz Festival daily newspaper

Stephan Eicher, Auditorium Stravinski, 12.07

MONTREUX JAZZ

MAESTRO

TONIGHT

MONTY ALEXANDER, LE GRAND

F  Depuis plus de cinq décennies, le pianiste Monty Alexander crée des ponts entre le jazz US, la chanson populaire et les sonorités de sa Jamaïque natale. Il a joué avec une constellation d’artistes: Frank Sinatra, Dizzie Gillespie, Sonny Rollins et bien d’autres encore. Formant vers la fin des années 50 Monty and the Cyclones, il enregistre avec les Skatalites. Émigré aux États-Unis dans les années 60, il se produit dans des clubs et fait mouche auprès de sa nouvelle famille musicale: Charlie Parker ou Miles

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Davis. Monty a enregistré plus de 70 albums. Tel un métronome, il continue de tourner sur tous les continents. C’est l’histoire d’une vie sublimée dans Harlem-Kingston Express, qu’il jouera dans l’écrin du Montreux Jazz Club.

MONTY ALEXANDER, THE GREAT

E  The pianist Monty Alexander has been exploring and building bridges between the worlds of American jazz, popular ballads and the sounds of his native Jamaica for over five decades. He’s played with a constellation of stars including Frank Sinatra, Dizzie

Gillespie, Sonny Rollins and many more. At the end of the 1950s, he formed Monty and the Cyclones, and recorded with the Skatalites. He emigrated to the United States in the 1960s and started playing in clubs, winning over his new musical family of choice: Charlie Parker and Miles Davis. Monty has recorded over 70 albums. He’s still touring every continent with the regularity of a metronome. He tells the story of a charmed life in Harlem-Kingston Express, which he’ll be playing in the intimate Montreux Jazz Club.

8 Interview: Stephan Eicher

Monty Alexander, Montreux Jazz Club, 20:00

10 Grand Angle: Kingston & Addis-Abeba


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