![]() It features an original composition called “City Lights,” inspired by his new life in Manhattan. Growing up, Bali-based Alexander learnt jazz from his father. The child prodigy is being brought to town by Esplanade as part of the Mosaic Music Series. “I just wanted to play music-make people happy.” His second album, Countdown, was released in September. Joey Alexander, the 14-year old Grammy-nominated jazz pianist from Indonesia, is scheduled to perform with this band The Joey Alexander Trio at the Esplanade Concert Hall on Tuesday, November 7th. “I never dreamed of being a jazz musician,” he said. He has performed at the White House and the Newport Jazz Festival. Joey now tours the world with his own band. By age 11, he had moved to the city with his parents and released his first album, My Favorite Things, which this year reached No. 59 on the Billboard 200 chart. Joey’s rendition of Miles Davis’ “Round Midnight” brought the crowd to its feet. In 2014, a YouTube clip of one of Joey’s performances caught the eye of Wynton Marsalis, who reached out via Facebook to invite the 10-year-old prodigy to Manhattan to perform during Jazz at Lincoln Center’s annual gala. Within two years, he had not only mastered the instrument but was also jamming with local musicians in Jakarta, taking the John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk standards on his father’s jazz records and adding his own flair. He was 6 years old when his parents handed him an electronic keyboard. “I believe it’s a gift from God.” Indeed, there is something supernatural about the young pianist’s talent and his rise to fame.
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