Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Joey Alexander for an upcoming live or virtual event.11-year-old jazz piano prodigy Joey Alexander has just signed a record deal with Motéma Music.Īlexander has played piano since the age of six, and found an affinity to jazz early on after being introduced to the genre though his father’s record collection. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Butterscotch, Etienne Charles, Terri Lyne Carrington, Kirk Whalum and Béla Fleck. Joey Alexander generally travels from New York, NY, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. The estimated speaking fee range to book Joey Alexander for your event is available upon request. Joey Alexander is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics. For more information on how we work and what makes us unique, please read the AAE Advantage. We do not exclusively represent Joey Alexander or claim ourselves as the exclusive booking agency, business manager, publicist, speakers bureau or management for Joey Alexander or any other speaker or celebrity on this website. The sky appears to be the limit for this soulful young artist.Ĭontact a speaker booking agent to check availability on Joey Alexander and other top speakers and celebrities.Īll American Speakers is a "buyers agent" and exclusively represents talent buyers, meeting planners and event professionals, who are looking to secure celebrities and speakers for personal appearances, speaking engagements, corporate entertainment, public relations campaigns, commercials, or endorsements. ![]() Joey has already been invited to perform at venues including the Rochester Jazz Festival, Newport Jazz Festival, Jazz at Lincoln Center and a TED conference. From his impressionistic introduction to “Giant Steps” to the spirited interplay with his band mates on “It Might As Well Be Spring,” to his remarkable rendition of “Over the Rainbow,” Joey proves himself a true and distinctive jazz professional. It is also a statement of intent, a compelling introduction to a budding young leader, performer and composer, who plays with power and elation. Alexander’s imagination, sophisticated arrangements and dazzling playing make ‘My Favorite Things’ a soulful and joyful musical adventure. Accompanying Joey on the album are bassist Larry Grenadier and 2-time Grammy-winning drummer Ulysses Owens, as well as three talented young players from the New York scene, Russell Hall (bass), Sammy Miller (drums) and Alphonso Horne (trumpet). ‘My Favorite Things’ was produced by Grammy-winning producer Jason Olaine. On his debut recording, Alexander performs classic tunes from Coltrane to Rodgers & Hammerstein with a deft touch, adventurous spirit and improvisatory verve. On May 12, 2015, Joey Alexander released his highly anticipated debut album ‘My Favorite Things’ on the Grammy-winning Harlem-based label Motema Music. In 2014, Joey performed at star-studded galas in New York City for Jazz at Lincoln Center in Rose Hall, the Jazz Foundation of America at the Apollo and the Arthur Ashe Learning Center at Gotham Hall. At age 10, Joey was featured at jazz festivals in both Jakarta and Copenhagen, and he won the international improvisation contest in Odessa, Ukraine – besting over 200 jazz professionals from 17 countries. ![]() Joey drew significant inspiration from Herbie’s enthusiastic response to his playing. At age 8, UNESCO invited Joey to play solo piano in front of jazz icon Herbie Hancock during his visit to Indonesia. Despite his lack of formal jazz training, Joey developed an authoritative technique, and with his depth of musicality he quickly rose in the Indonesian jazz scene and beyond. ![]() Learning by listening, Joey’s early influences include Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Bill Evans and John Coltrane, and he has a special affinity for trumpet players including Clifford Brown, Lee Morgan, Miles Davis and Wynton Marsalis. From there, his musical intuition flourished, as did his love of playing jazz. His father, an amateur musician, nurtured Joey’s gift for swing and improvisation by introducing him to classic jazz recordings and taking him to jam sessions with seasoned musicians in Bali and Jakarta. Born on the island of Bali in the city of Denpasar in 2003, Joey Alexander first encountered a piano at the age of six, and was immediately able to pick out the melody of Thelonious Monk’s “Well, You Needn’t” and other jazz standards from his father’s record collection by ear.
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