oo man, I'm so jealous to all the people in that room. what amazing performance from the band. Joey work beautifully with the band. thank u for this beautiful video 👍
Hey Dan chmielisnki r u another Paul chambers the great bass player,because u r great and Alphonso Horne r u another Clifford brown the great trumpet player because u r also great with ur bad self. And Kyle Poole u r another Art Blakey the great drummer, ur are something else!!!!!!. And Joey I don't have to explain u you are the young giant of today in jazz music because jazz is your music. And your are out of sight which means u are in sight of everything May God continue to bless you and your family. Thanks 4 listening Maria is my name.
No one can deny this kid's talent and he plays my favorite rendition of Giant Steps but I know that I like it for it's easy digestiblity more than it bringing anything new to jazz. I like how he is able to effortlessly articulate his ideas but you can hear everyone he's listened to when he plays. That's an amazing feat but again I want hear Joey Alexander not a mash-up of all of his favorite jazz musicians. In hip hop you see prodigies like Joey all the time but they won't ever get the kind of recognition he does because the audience and participants are different. Also these kids are doing what Joey has been doing for much of the time I've listened to him, emulating. When you feel it in your soul it is palpable and you'll see it in their grimacing, sweating faces. Theres so much energy being created when you play from your soul that it would be very very hard to keep a straight face. Joey has a lot of skill but he seems to only play with his brain.
That is the thing I feel. People miss out on Joey's ability to complete not just any musical idea, but ORIGINAL musical ideas. He is praised and loved (if not outwardly) because he is able to finish his ideas so poetically and perfectly. It's a conversation not really had since Bill Evans or Mozart to be quite honest. MOzart had a way to complete traditional classical period ideas in new and fresh ways to advance the study. Joey will do the same for a whole generation of new musicians.
No you are both wrong in what Alphonso the trumpet player was laughing at he was saying In jazz lauguage that what joey played, the little piece is bad which means he is great and it blew Alphonso's mind that's is why the younger people,today do not understand jazz like a lot of people in early years did. But Joey understands jazz at his young age because he studies the great jazz players of yesterday.that is why he is so great today.thank you for listening my name is Maria.
They play very,very well for their age! Young talented people!... but lets not confuse them with those who have years and years of experience. The so called vets. I'm a little confused by the mannerisms of some of them as they seem somewhat amazed by what the others in the group are playing.The congratulatory who hoos and whoa yeahs for each other after they have played something very typical seems as if they are mimicking things they have seem older musicians doing. I'm also interested and curious if these young men ever play any improvised music from the 21st century? The music of their time and not the music of the 40s or 50s. I'm thinking of music made by people like Peter Evans or Jonathan Finlayson on trumpet, Tyshawn Sorrey or Dan Weiss on drums, Jason Moran or Myra Melford on piano, and Michael Formanek or Erik Revis on bass? My hope would be that one day they will eventually find their own ways and approach to improvised music that resonates with the culture and life and time they are living in.....not recreating something from the past that has little to nothing to do with their life experience. Play on young folks and keep working hard! Congrats!
We live in the present but jazz as all music depends and owes it's existence to past, I sincerely believe these musicians are genuinely making THEIR music building on the best of what has gone before. They will develop naturally as Joey surely is developing his own way. As for comparing them with older musicians ..well when you are as brilliant as Joey Alexander one year's experience is like 10. The proof is in the reaction of the people in the room loving it.
Yes...all music is based on what happened in the past. Having said that I see most young musicians looking backward for "THEIR" music for the first time in the history of the music. I hear young musicians trying to play like the icons of the 40s, 50s, and 60s. I don't remember any recordings of a young Freddie Hubbard playing in the style of Louis Armstrong or Sweets Edison. I don't remember any recordings of Charlie Parker trying to sound like Sidney Bechet. I don't remember any recordings of Scott LaFaro trying to sound like Slam Stewart. You said we live in the present and that's true. Let's hope that young talented musicians eventually make music that does the same thing...just like all the people they have been taught to re-create did. I'm not so sure the way young people are being taught jazz is part of "developing naturally" as you put it. All of the jazz greats of the past had one thing in common. They were making music that was on the cutting edge, progressive, forward thinking and sounding, and were not looking backwards 40 to 70 years and trying to play just like those musicians did. I think we might be developing a lot of great young musicians who end up being exceptional craftsmen-women but not a lot of art or artists. Time will tell.
magan Yes, but by the time you the musicians of the past were recorded they were already developed. I'm pretty sure at some stage Hubbard played Armstrong licks. In our day with the immediate spread of music on the media and internet talent is exposed at the earliest stage. I agree there is certainly a danger that the musical education system is turning out craftsmen and women who sound like their heros. However Joey Alexender is surely the exception here, because he has had no formal education in jazz. He truly is in the old tradition of learning and developing on the job.
I'm not talking specifically about Joey Alexander. Many of the greats started playing the music of the day. They didn't play ragtime or dixieland or even early swing. Freddie Hubbard to my knowledge never played in the style of Louis Armstrong, Sweets Edison, Hot Lips Page, etc.etc.etc. The other musicians I mentioned didn't play those styles either unless it was a one off gig.They did play in blues and R&B groups but even those groups were of their time. They were not playing the blues heard in field hollers. The real point I am making is there was nobody running around telling the young greats.."Hey!....you need to learn to play like jazz musicians from the 20s and 30s BEFORE you move the music forward". If anything should happen it would seem to me that young people today in their teens and early twenties should be emulating the cutting edge improvisers of the 90s and everything since then. I may be totally wrong but somehow I don't see someone like Joey developing into a player along the lines of Herbie Nichols, Paul Bley, Andrew Hill, Dave Burrell, Cecil Taylor, or Alexander Schlippenbach.
Thanks for an interesting debate, but I'm firmly of the view past informs present. Contemporary jazz has a relatively tiny following and currently clearly does not appeal to him. As Joey has so wisely said "Jazz is from the heart" I say let him play what he thinks is right and go his own way!
Sweet little house jam. Uber talented young folks playing like vets.
when he lough....he just become himself as a KID..so natural, love it.
When Joey was born... the Lord winked.
oo man, I'm so jealous to all the people in that room.
what amazing performance from the band. Joey work beautifully with the band.
thank u for this beautiful video 👍
Hey Dan chmielisnki r u another Paul chambers the great bass player,because u r great and Alphonso Horne r u another Clifford brown the great trumpet player because u r also great with ur bad self. And Kyle Poole u r another Art Blakey the great drummer, ur are something else!!!!!!. And Joey I don't have to explain u you are the young giant of today in jazz music because jazz is your music. And your are out of sight which means u are in sight of everything May God continue to bless you and your family. Thanks 4 listening Maria is my name.
Pure excitement!
what magnificent talents! beautiful set, thank you for sharing.
Joey you're soooooooooo coooooooooo
Just wow!
No one can deny this kid's talent and he plays my favorite rendition of Giant Steps but I know that I like it for it's easy digestiblity more than it bringing anything new to jazz. I like how he is able to effortlessly articulate his ideas but you can hear everyone he's listened to when he plays. That's an amazing feat but again I want hear Joey Alexander not a mash-up of all of his favorite jazz musicians. In hip hop you see prodigies like Joey all the time but they won't ever get the kind of recognition he does because the audience and participants are different. Also these kids are doing what Joey has been doing for much of the time I've listened to him, emulating. When you feel it in your soul it is palpable and you'll see it in their grimacing, sweating faces. Theres so much energy being created when you play from your soul that it would be very very hard to keep a straight face. Joey has a lot of skill but he seems to only play with his brain.
That is the thing I feel. People miss out on Joey's ability to complete not just any musical idea, but ORIGINAL musical ideas. He is praised and loved (if not outwardly) because he is able to finish his ideas so poetically and perfectly. It's a conversation not really had since Bill Evans or Mozart to be quite honest. MOzart had a way to complete traditional classical period ideas in new and fresh ways to advance the study. Joey will do the same for a whole generation of new musicians.
No you are both wrong in what Alphonso the trumpet player was laughing at he was saying In jazz lauguage that what joey played, the little piece is bad which means he is great and it blew Alphonso's mind that's is why the younger people,today do not understand jazz like a lot of people in early years did. But Joey understands jazz at his young age because he studies the great jazz players of yesterday.that is why he is so great today.thank you for listening my name is Maria.
agreed 👍
What is the name of this song? Please, I want to know (but, of course, this version has absolutly nothing bad, it's so so beautiful).
I'll remember april
At like 8:05 Joey plays something and all the musicians laugh. does he play a quote or something?
I think it's just cheeky reply back to what the horn player did .
1:57
They play very,very well for their age!
Young talented people!... but lets not confuse them with those who have years and years of experience. The so called vets.
I'm a little confused by the mannerisms of some of them as they seem somewhat amazed by what the others in the group are playing.The congratulatory who hoos and whoa yeahs for each other after they have played something very typical seems as if they are mimicking things they have seem older musicians doing. I'm also interested and curious if these young men ever play any improvised music from the 21st century? The music of their time and not the music of the 40s or 50s.
I'm thinking of music made by people like Peter Evans or Jonathan Finlayson on trumpet, Tyshawn Sorrey or Dan Weiss on drums, Jason Moran or Myra Melford on piano, and Michael Formanek or Erik Revis on bass?
My hope would be that one day they will eventually find their own ways and approach to improvised music that resonates with the culture and life and time they are living in.....not recreating something from the past that has little to nothing to do with their life experience.
Play on young folks and keep working hard! Congrats!
We live in the present but jazz as all music depends and owes it's existence to past, I sincerely believe these musicians are genuinely making THEIR music building on the best of what has gone before. They will develop naturally as Joey surely is developing his own way. As for comparing them with older musicians ..well when you are as brilliant as Joey Alexander one year's experience is like 10. The proof is in the reaction of the people in the room loving it.
Yes...all music is based on what happened in the past. Having said that I see most young musicians looking backward for "THEIR" music for the first time in the history of the music. I hear young musicians trying to play like the icons of the 40s, 50s, and 60s. I don't remember any recordings of a young Freddie Hubbard playing in the style of Louis Armstrong or Sweets Edison. I don't remember any recordings of Charlie Parker trying to sound like Sidney Bechet. I don't remember any recordings of Scott LaFaro trying to sound like Slam Stewart. You said we live in the present and that's true. Let's hope that young talented musicians eventually make music that does the same thing...just like all the people they have been taught to re-create did. I'm not so sure the way young people are being taught jazz is part of "developing naturally" as you put it. All of the jazz greats of the past had one thing in common. They were making music that was on the cutting edge, progressive, forward thinking and sounding, and were not looking backwards 40 to 70 years and trying to play just like those musicians did. I think we might be developing a lot of great young musicians who end up being exceptional craftsmen-women but not a lot of art or artists. Time will tell.
magan Yes, but by the time you the musicians of the past were recorded they were already developed. I'm pretty sure at some stage Hubbard played Armstrong licks. In our day with the immediate spread of music on the media and internet talent is exposed at the earliest stage. I agree there is certainly a danger that the musical education system is turning out craftsmen and women who sound like their heros. However Joey Alexender is surely the exception here, because he has had no formal education in jazz. He truly is in the old tradition of learning and developing on the job.
I'm not talking specifically about Joey Alexander. Many of the greats started playing the music of the day. They didn't play ragtime or dixieland or even early swing. Freddie Hubbard to my knowledge never played in the style of Louis Armstrong, Sweets Edison, Hot Lips Page, etc.etc.etc. The other musicians I mentioned didn't play those styles either unless it was a one off gig.They did play in blues and R&B groups but even those groups were of their time. They were not playing the blues heard in field hollers. The real point I am making is there was nobody running around telling the young greats.."Hey!....you need to learn to play like jazz musicians from the 20s and 30s BEFORE you move the music forward". If anything should happen it would seem to me that young people today in their teens and early twenties should be emulating the cutting edge improvisers of the 90s and everything since then. I may be totally wrong but somehow I don't see someone like Joey developing into a player along the lines of Herbie Nichols, Paul Bley, Andrew Hill, Dave Burrell, Cecil Taylor, or Alexander Schlippenbach.
Thanks for an interesting debate, but I'm firmly of the view past informs present. Contemporary jazz has a relatively tiny following and currently clearly does not appeal to him. As Joey has so wisely said "Jazz is from the heart" I say let him play what he thinks is right and go his own way!