Saturday, June 13, 2015

Joey Alexander - Giant Steps

Get ready to have your brain blown right through your skull into the stratosphere.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I was wondering why the boy was wearing headphones, seaming to have his fingers respond to what he was listening to.

Clicking over to YouTube, the comments reveal this "child" is a prodigy who is:
"playing John Coltrane's iconic tune Giant Steps with a professional rhythm section and not just keeping up with them but leading through his own creation, improvising?"
&
"Not only has he mastered the mechanics of playing the music but he has remarkable feel of the music "

More on Joey Alexander
Now 10 years old, Joey Alexander is a precocious self-taught jazz pianist!!!

Pastorius said...

That page says he is from Indonesia.

That's a little confusing because in the interview with him, here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCyfG9M5hz4

he speaks with an American accent.

His "father's" name is Sila, which sounds Filipino not Indonesian, but his name is Alexander.

Alexander is usually a Jewish name.

When I saw the kid, I guessed he was a Jewish Filipino mix.

If he has been living in Indonesia, it seems he has been living and educated by Americans.

Pastorius said...

No, I am wrong. He does have something other than an American accent. My bad.

Pastorius said...

No, I am wrong. He does have something other than an American accent. My bad.