Seven years after Monty Alexander's first Bob Marley tribute, Stir it Up (his Telarc debut), the pianist interprets Marley's music again on Concrete Jungle, performing eleven of the legendary reggae ...
Bob Marley lives. Though the legendary Jamaican songwriter/musician left this Earth in 1981, his music and, therefore, his spirit remain with us. Among those keeping the Marley sound alive is Jamaican ...
JAZZ Musical tributes to the late Bob Marley, the undisputed reggae master, usually fall firmly within the genre. It’s trickier to transport Jah music to other forms. Guitarist Charlie Hunter managed ...
Top jazz pianist Monty Alexander was born in Jamaica in 1944, a year before Bob Marley. And Alexander keeps returning to the reggae backbeat for inspiration as evidenced by his 1999 tribute to Marley.