NEW YORK, NY, October 24, 2019 – Fifty years ago, a young Jamaican pianist named Monty Alexanderwalked into Minton’s Playhouse in Harlem and immediately knew he had entered the inner sanctum of Jazz. On Wednesday, October 30, at 7:00 pm and 9:00 pm, Jazzmobile and Minton’s present MONTY MONK MINTON’S: 50 Years Later, a celebration of Alexander’s 50thanniversary since he first performed at the world-famous venue, featuring a special tribute to Thelonious Monk, with music from Monty’s latest album Wareika Hill (Rastamonk Vibrations).
NEW YORK, NY, OCTOBER 2019 – The tribute album is certainly not a new concept, as artists have raised their voices in celebration of iconic musicians and songwriters in all sorts of creative ways over the years. So conventional wisdom would suggest, there's no new way to approach this concept? Well what if you celebrated a "sound” – more specifically, you celebrated the personal influence and impact of a "vocal range" in a particular genre? If you contemplate the creation of a modern day tribute to the impact of "deep male voices" of the past in "romantic ballad" settings, one name should instantly stand out from the all the rest -- The Prince of Sophisticated Soul himself, Will Downing.
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