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Warna
Lonely Streets
A Neon Jazz Interview
1 Warna  
2 Mosaic of Beauty  
3 Lonely Streets  
4 Downtime  
5 Affirmation I  
6 Inner Urge  
7 We Here  
8 Tis Our Prayer  
9 Fragile  
10 Our Story  
11 Affirmation III  
12 The Light  
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Joey Alexander, the Grammy-nominated jazz pianist, composer and bandleader has released his major label debut album, WARNA on Verve Records. The album is primarily a collection of reflective, moving new and original music by an experienced and confident musician. Translating as "color" from Alexander's native language of Bahasa, WARNA follows four Motéma Music albums that garnered the pianist three Grammy nominations and such honors as historic critics' and readers' poll victories in DownBeat and JazzTimes. Joining Alexander on the new album are bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Kendrick Scott, who comprise the core piano trio. On select tracks, Venezuelan-born percussion Luisito Quintero, and flautist Anne Drummond, join on to stunning aural effect. 

  • Joey Alexander set to release new project: 'Continuance' / TheUrbanMusicScene.com
    Posted At: September 13, 2023
    Joey Alexander Announces Continuance and New Tour Dates for 2023.  LISTEN to New Single “Blue”Out November 3rd via Mack Avenue Records. On His New Album the 20-Year-Old Jazz Pianist Firmly Establishes Himself as a Gifted Composer with His Touring Band and Special Guest Trumpeter Theo Croker.TheUrbanMusicScene.com writes….GRAMMY®-nominated Joey Alexander announced his seventh album Continuance, out Nove...

  • During the pandemic, Joey Alexander returned to home ground and blossomed as a composer / JazzTimes
    Posted At: January 19, 2023
    The Next StepJazzTimes - GEOFFREY HIMES writes….“Midnight Waves,” a highlight of Joey Alexander’s sixth album, Origin, describes the nocturnal ocean off Bali, where the teenaged pianist and his parents returned home to sit out part of the pandemic. The family had lived on the island until 2011 when the eight-year-old son’s prodigious keyboard talents had necessitated a move to the national capital of Jakart...

  • Joey Alexander on God, the GRAMMY's and on not trying to out-Monk Monk / Colorado Springs INDY Q&A
    Posted At: January 19, 2022
    Colorado Springs INDY - Bill Forman writes…..An old soul lives within the 18-year-old body of Joey Alexander. Unlike many of us at the dawn of 2022, Joey Alexander isn’t trying to make up for lost time, mainly because he hasn’t had all that much of it to lose.In the years since his 2014 Jazz at Lincoln Center debut, the Indonesian-born pianist performed his own composition during the 2016 Grammy telecast, r...

  • Joey Alexander makes JAZZIZ: New Release Cheat Sheet
    Posted At: March 24, 2021

    Jazziz - MATT MICUCCI writes......If you're looking for some great new music to discover this weekend, look no further than our weekly New Release Cheat Sheet. This week, we bring you the first of a series of new singles by Joey Alexander on Verve Records, a dramatic track from Vijay Iyer's forthcoming visionary album, new music from Jon Batiste and more. As he approaches his 18th birthday, ...

  • 'Downtime' from Joey Alexander 'Warna' featured on Punto Radio: animajazz
    Posted At: May 4, 2020

    In episode 917 of "ANIMAJAZZ", conceived and conducted by BRUNO POLLACCI , broadcast on TUESDAY 5 May at 20.30, on PUNTORADIO, also streaming on www.puntoradio.fm and in an immediate podcast on http: // animajazz. eu will be the protagonists of the evening, includes; JOEY ALEXANDER - CD "Warna" - "Downtime" Joey Alexander, the Grammy-nominated jazz pianist, composer and bandleader has released his ma...

  • Jazz FM's 'Dinner Jazz Track of the Week' is Joey Alexander's 'Lonely Streets'
    Posted At: April 11, 2020

    Joey Alexander, the Grammy-nominated jazz pianist, composer and bandleader recently unveiled 'Warna' via Verve Records, which showcases the growing confidence of Alexander as a musician/bandleader as he effortlessly leads the group through this album.   Translating as "color" from Alexander's native language of Bahasa, WARNA follows four Motéma Music albums that garnered the ...

  • 'Jazz Hall Radio' interview with Joey Alexander
    Posted At: March 26, 2020

    Joey Alexander, the Grammy-nominated jazz pianist, composer and bandleader has released his major label debut album, WARNA on Verve Records. The album is primarily a collection of reflective, moving new and original music by an experienced and confident musician. Translating as "color" from Alexander's native language of Bahasa, WARNA follows four Motéma Music albums that garnered th...

  • Joey Alexander 'Warna' goes #1 on JazzWeek
    Posted At: March 12, 2020

    Joey Alexander, the Grammy-nominated jazz pianist, composer and bandleader has released his major label debut album, WARNA on Verve Records. The album is primarily a collection of reflective, moving new and original music by an experienced and confident musician. Translating as "color" from Alexander's native language of Bahasa, WARNA follows four Motéma Music albums that garnered th...

  • On 'Warna,' Joey Alexander sounds more mature and reflective than his young age / Gina Loves Jazz
    Posted At: March 10, 2020

    When I went to Bremen for the annual Jazzahead convention in 2015, there was this big hype about 12-year old pianist Joey Alexander who was about to release his debut album "My Favorite Things". Alas, I wasn't impressed and his showcase left me cold. But he wasn't really to blame for it. After all, when you're 12 years old, you want to explore things, invent, experiment, show off etc. Natural things you'...

  • Joey Alexander interviews with WSUM: Madison WI: GreenArrowRadio
    Posted At: March 10, 2020

    A funny thing happened to Joey Alexander over the past five years, a whirlwind period during which he became the most brilliantly precocious talent in jazz history-that is, a renowned festival and concert-hall headliner; the youngest musician ever nominated for a Grammy Award in a jazz category; and a media favorite who's earned a profile on 60 Minutes, a front-page profile in the New York Times and othe...

  • 90.7WGXC interviews Joey Alexander
    Posted At: March 9, 2020

    Joey Alexander, the Grammy-nominated jazz pianist, composer and bandleader has released his major label debut album, WARNA on Verve Records. The album is primarily a collection of reflective, moving new and original music by an experienced and confident musician. Translating as "color" from Alexander's native language of Bahasa, WARNA follows four Motéma Music albums that garnered the pianist ...

  • Joey Alexander's 'Warna' is his best album to date / marlbank
    Posted At: March 9, 2020

    I don't think we have heard Joey Alexander's best work yet. However, his virtuoso qualifications have long been established and this is a beauty. Of course he is still very young and emerged as a child prodigy so seems already a veteran. His closest equivalent is Julian Lage and really it is only in the last five years roughly that Lage's incredible talent has moved up on to a new plateau. (W...

  • For Joey Alexander, it's time to push aside talk of his age and focus on the music he's making / off the tracks
    Posted At: March 9, 2020

    Well for Joey Alexander it's time to push aside talk of his age and focus on the music he's making. He has a deep understanding for the genre of jazz and for songs written decades before he was born. He has formed a superstar trio here with bassist Larry Grenadier (best known for a long association with Brad Mehldau, but someone that has also worked with Charles Lloyd, Herbie Mann, Pat Metheny, Paul Moti...

  • Joey Alexander discusses religiosity and the inner struggle for meaning through upbeat instrumentals / 88.9KUCI: Irvine
    Posted At: March 2, 2020

    Warna by Joey Alexander discusses religiosity and the inner struggle for meaning through upbeat jazz instrumentals. The album itself consists of twelve tracks which work to elucidate how faith may serve as a means of preventing internal despair. Along with these more tangible elements, Warna also attempts to unpack various elements of human nature through the presentation of particular dichotomies, s...

  • Joey Alexander interview with 91.3KXCI: Tucson
    Posted At: February 26, 2020

    Joey Alexander, the Grammy-nominated jazz pianist, composer and bandleader recently unveiled 'Warna' (Verve Records). The album is primarily a collection of reflective, moving new and original music by an experienced and confident musician. Translating as "color" from Alexander's native language of Bahasa, WARNA follows four Motéma Music albums that garnered the pianist three Grammy no...

  • Joey Alexander transforms from child prodigy to jazz fixture on 'Warna' / npr
    Posted At: February 5, 2020

    Once a young prodigy, Joey Alexander emerges as a full-blown jazz star on his new album Warna, writes NPR's Tom Moon. Sooner or later, every child prodigy hits a fork in the road: Keep doing the crowd-pleasing, trained-seal tricks that brought fame? Or set out to develop a more individual sound? From the moment 11-year-old Indonesian pianist Joey Alexander gained international attention in 2015, ...

  • On 'Warna' not only is Joey Alexander's technical touch noteworthy, but his composing skills reveal a strong grasp of the pen / Jazz Weekly
    Posted At: February 3, 2020

    Pianist Joey Alexander is now at the phase where he is past being the latest "thrill" of being the "latest" new thing as a child prodigy. Now, he has included in the list of pianists like everyone else, needing to prove he is something beyond a musical novelty. This album with bassist Larry Grenadier, drummer Kendrick Scott and guests Luisito Quintero and Anne Drummond on percussion and flute, respe...

  • Joey Alexander 'Warna' makes JAZZIZ '10 albums you need to know for January 2020'
    Posted At: January 16, 2020

    A guitar hero's new crosscultural project; the music of a jazz legend reimagined; a piano prodigy's major-label debut. All this and more on this month's list of ten albums you need to know about. Piano prodigy Joey Alexander released his debut album five years ago, at the age of 11, shortly after moving to the United States from Indonesia. Since then, he has grown in confidence and developed his own ...
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