Festival da Jazz: Monty Alexander

When Monty Alexander starts going and draws from his talent, a good mood is guaranteed. The pianist, born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1944, is an exuberant swing optimist who knows how to combine the virtuosity of Oscar Peterson with influences from the Caribbean (calypso, reggae, ska etc.) in an absolutely thrilling way. Alexander recently released the album “Wareika Hill: RastaMonk Vibrations”, on which he enriched pieces by the jazz visionary Thelonious Monk, whom he admired, with Rastafarian elements in an unique way: the surprises keep coming.