Joey
Alexander
Joey
Alexander (born Josiah Alexander Sila; June 25, 2003) is an Indonesian jazz
pianist and child prodigy. He released his first album, My Favorite Things, on
May 12, 2015, at age 11. Alexander taught himself to play jazz at age six, and
has performed for Herbie Hancock, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. In 2014,
Wynton Marsalis invited Alexander to play at the Jazz at Lincoln Center's 2014
gala, which made him an "overnight sensation", according to The New
York Times. Alexander won the Grand Prix at the 2013 Master-Jam Fest, and
performed at the Montreal and Newport Jazz Festivals in 2015.
Alexander
is the first Indonesian act to enter the Billboard 200 chart in the United
States, where My Favorite Things debuted at number 174 on the week ending May
30, 2015, re-entered and peaked at number 59 in January 2016.
Early
life
Josiah
Alexander Sila was born in the city of Denpasar, in Bali, Indonesia, to parents
Denny Sila and Farah Leonora Urbach, who ran an adventure tourism business. His
father was an amateur musician, and both parents were fans of jazz music,
particularly the works of Louis Armstrong. He is the nephew of the rock singer
Nafa Urbach, and the Indonesian musician and song-writer Alam Urbach. Alexander
learned about jazz by listening to classic albums his father gave him. By age
six he had taught himself to play piano using a miniature electric keyboard his
father brought home for him, learning by ear compositions such as Thelonious
Monk's "Well, You Needn't" and other songs from his father's jazz
collection. Alexander later said learning the instrument came naturally for
him; he considers his ability "a gift from God". Alexander considers
Monk, John Coltrane, Harry Connick, Jr., Bill Evans and Herbie Hancock among
his main musical influences, and also particularly admires Clifford Brown,
Miles Davis, Wynton Marsalis, Brad Mehldau, Lee Morgan, Horace Silver and McCoy
Tyner.
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