Saw him first at Asian Games opening ceremony. It was in stadium, I was there, and suddenly he came out with his piano and flawless tunes. Such a sweet memory! And now, at first I didn’t expect him playing at NPR, but I think he truly deserves this sesh! 💚💚💚
@@pieterzegers7788 Exactly. People always are going on about how it's just a gift. It's not a gift, it's a LOT of work. If it was a gift, you'd have people like this who haven't put in tens of thousands of hours playing. With folks like him, they get the bug early, they are encouraged at it, usually they have some really good guidance though not always. Then they start to get attention for it and therefore they come to define themselves in terms of their abilities on the instrument, all at a young age when they have the most ability to absorb new information. And of course they don't burn out or get distracted at some point, which is always a possibility that young. When that happens, you get people like this.
OMG! Are you not listening to one of God's greatest gift to the listening ear?? I nave been following JA since he was 11 or so, and I am ALWAYS AMAZED at his talent and ability to make beautiful music. I just pray that no evil influences (drugs, discord, depression) every come his way. God knows he is bringing joy into so many lives. Keep it up!!!
This guy's harmony and melody skills are off the fucking chain. Also I'm seriously hyped about that drummer. Legit has one of the best senses of rhythm and expression I've heard
kid plays with so much grace. sometimes he has moments that make feel like he's channeling vince guaraldi if he were a strictly 21st century pianist. and the mix on this is amazing in headphones. i hope they pay that sound guy mad bread.
@@joaqaa99 the first song does use rhythms similar to candombe jazz, but joey's performance seems to be more jazz and less candombe. can you suggest some jazzier candombe fusion artists?
As a drummer I can share a rule of thumb: The more drums you have, the more variation you can squeeze out of a little technique. The less drums you have, the less you have to hide behind, technique becomes the variation.
I love it when drummers use a minimalist kit - Kendrick Scott is a beast! Another favourite of mine is Tamir Barzilay in the Scary Pockets cover of Toxic.
I have seen a lot of great piano players - Lyle Mays, Marcus Roberts, Oscar Petersen, Donald Fagen, Elton John, Brad Mehldau, Matt Clark, Stevie WInwood. I can't think of anybody I would rather see play live than Joey, now that I've heard this session. My word.
This version of City Lights is incredible because he's finally playing with a drummer who plays with as much expression as technique. If Joey finds the right drummer and bassist, the world could hear jazz on a level not seen since Monk and Bird. I put him on that level...seriously. The first time I heard Joey two years ago, I cried. Not because the tune was sad but because I'd never seen, or imagined anything that amazing before. I've got a feeling that jazz is going to make a come back.
Some guy came to my campus a few weeks ago and played all these pop songs. When he was packing up we had a conversation as musicians and when I told him I played jazz, he immediately told me I needed to double major because jazz won't ever make any money ever again. I think he's just a sell out. He had never even heard of snarky puppy. When I told him I thought jazz was making a comeback, he laughed. It's real though. This video is proof.
@@benwells3841 Maybe your friend didn't know how cool Jazz is. I think, Jazz isn't for ordinary people. Only cool peoples who love Jazz. I hope Jazz will be great again.
I and a friend were fortunate to have been able to see him performing live at Jazz Alley in Seattle. There was a standing ovation after almost every performance. We stayed, and paid, to hear the second set. An amazing, amazing musician.
Doesn't hurt to have Kendrick Scott over there in the percussion section. Reuben was cutting through nicely as well. Look forward to seeing more of Joey. I hear a lot of influences in his playing. He's got that funk like Herbie, those icy crisp tones like Chick and the musicality like Bob.
This kid just melts my heart. So humble, such an angelic, pure and warm soul. The way that he smiles and comunicate is so childlike but mature at the same time. Just makes me want to cry and hug him. So talented and passionate. So beautiful and inspiring. Food for the soul. I feel really grateful and blessed and I really hope that he will keep that innocence and lightness. Truly wonderful. Thank You.
@@rainmaru4757 Exactly, hopefully he doesnt deal with their head games and just focuses on jazz, he seems to be the type whos to kind for that kind of madness... his gift is to good for it be ruind by a woman...
I think when playing he goes from gut to fingers. That's what we all should concentrate on going back to. The only time in the day I feel so concentrated and with zero bullshit in my brain is coming out of a cold shower, where you just feel and have no time to think.
As an Indonesian i'm very proud of Joey Alexander. But at the same time feel so sad to see that he's so underrated in my own country. Hope the universe will always lead him to a very good way on his jazz journey.
Indonesian are too busy on their smartphones liking photos of 'influencers' and 'artists' who don't deserve their popularity. He's doing well outside of Indonesia, I don't think we need to worry.
The face of the bass player tells a story of its own. You can see he appreciates the technical finesse of Joey. But most of all you can witness his pure joy when it starts to groove hard on the more basic harmonics.
You think to yourself, "yeah joey is amazing" and then you hear a gig you haven't heard before and you have to reevaluate and place him even higher on the scale of brilliance! The descending chords at 19.28...the look on the bass player's face. That's incredible...
You hear many young geniuses and because they haven't lived their goal is just to break out the craziest pattern and prove they are the next Chick Corea. Not until they are much older do they understand and enjoy the beautify of the moment but he gets it. He let's the song stew. He builds the energy. When he finds a moment he likes he stays there and makes everyone feel that moment. I felt he commanded the emotional and academic aspects of each song. That was awesome.
~8 Billion people in the world and I can safely say that not a single 15-year old comes close to Joey. The boy is literally one in a billion, and there are only a handful of jazz prodigies throughout the ENTIRE existence of mankind that may be comparable. Sure, there are probably some talented young kids that can play any of the pieces here note for note, but Joey has an UNDERSTANDING of the music that many established musicians have been chasing after for their entire career. And Joey has had that connection to music since before his voice dropped, long before this video! His patience and control remind you of the early greats, yet his attention to detail breathes new life into every note. His subtle interactions with his band are so masterful that, if you didn’t know Joey’s age, you’d guess that he was decades older. And, most importantly, he’s having the time of his life! I cannot stress enough how refreshing it is to have a prodigy that is a product of passion rather than the result of a strict upbringing. It’s both scary and exciting to think about how far Joey will get in 5 or 10 years, but I’m thankful to have witnessed the humble beginnings of one of the best to ever do it.
yes, the kid is amazing, I listened to him for a few months before he changed his spotify profile picture and realized that he was a young lad, what a time to be alive.
I'm astonished. I didnt know about Joey before listening to this Tiny Desk session, and I think we're witnessing one of the most prodigious jazz musician of all time. Bass & drum players are really impressive too
I love this on so many levels... Watching the development of this humble young genius is incredible. So lyrical, funky, tasteful, it's unbelievable. And now he's composing, which is the natural next step. And backed here by as good a rhythm section as you can find really. No cultural or generational gap, just coming together through music. Nothing better. Thank you Tiny Desk and thanks to this amazing trio.
Waahh ... lamun pas City Lights nyieun video klipna di Cimanggu Bogor pas di warung legok Deket Ciereng ... rupana keren yeuh .... mantap bari Jeung Aya kulub Hui Jeung sampeu ngeproy... beeuuuuhhh di Tumpah ku Kopi liong bulan Bogor...
This has to be one of the best Tiny Desks I've heard, Joey does a superb job, and with such a minimal, simple and perfect percussion everything grows tenfold... I enjoyed it a lot, thanks 👍
I dunno, can a kit sound so wonderful - just acoustically - that that's all you have to do? Anyway, I could listen to just the drums (or drums & bass) all day.
Alexander is one of my fav jazz pianists - ever. He’s progressively gotten better with age, like a good wine. He was good at age 5 when I first heard him, but he is on another level right now.
I find it incredibly hard to believe that 186 people didn't like this amazing, outstanding, and brilliant performance from Joey, Kendrick, and Reuben. There was not one false note or chord. These 3 absolutely nailed it!
Joey came onto my radar when he was 11. The soul this kid has goes beyond age. You'd be remiss to say he's great for an 11 or a 15 year old. He's a genius if he's 50, 60, 90...doesn't matter!!!
Joey is the only Tiny Desk musician that I've seen recognize and shout out his bandmates more than once during the set. Not only a prodigy, but his character and demeanor carry legendary weight already at age 15. Wow.
Kept coming back to this performance, the audio quality is so superb even when you're listening/ watching from a phone. And of course, Joey and his colleagues are superb as well. Love from the Philippines 🇵🇭
Way too underrated video and artist man this kid is just unbelievable. Been listening to him for a few years now it's just astonishing. Amazing trio with Kendrick Scott as well!!
Each one of these guys is simply amazing. I can't get over how gentle the drummer is, playing that lightly at speed is no small feat. Last song was my favorite, and a great choice to go out on, and how humble of that kid to keep repping the others between sets.
Every time I come back to this it sounds fresh, just like the first time I heard it. Just wanted to mention I knew this was going to be good when I saw how young Joey looked and the drummer (Kendrick) using one snare 😎
Here, on RU-vid, Joey is plays a set with a Hungarian sax player named Gabor Bolla. From acoustic bop standards, it's flawless. That was in 2014. Joey was eleven! since then, he has performed for Obama at the White House, played the Grammy awards twice, played with Herbie Hancock Chic Corea, and with Wynton Marsalis at Lincoln Center. Joey has recorded four albums, the second two being far advanced from the first two and those first two received every accolade imaginable. He has done all of that and he's only 15. My concern is that Joey may outgrow music all together. Unless he heads his own big band or finds other talents his age to collaborate with or gets paired with some amazing vocalist, there may be nothing else for him to accomplish in jazz. During this awesome set for Tiny Desk, he plays two songs from his latest album and one from his second. But he plays them in such a deconstructed and abstract way. It seems as if he's already outgrown the music from his most recent album. He so gentle and humble too. Joey Alexander is simply the best!
I like to think of it as he will became bigger than jazz. Strange though because, in my estimation, most musicians are get bigger than a genre by having a broadly based approach to their musical growth. Joey though, imo, will be on that very short list of musicians who will dominate a genre "technique wise", will have an amazingly complex and deep musical voice in jazz, and then his musical pallete will become bigger than jazz. I have hopes that he will be one of the jazz greats and yet still be bigger than the genre. Groove eternally friend.
The Stupid will Inherit the Earth True not developed. IMHO he has just as much development, at his age , as any of the other jazz greats the same age. It’s true time will tell.Im hard pressed to think of anybody recently that shows such development, at such a young age, in recent history. If you have any recommendations I’d be glad to check them out.
I’ve just heard of Joey Alexander’s music. I love how these compositions border on the abstract without ever fully crossing into that territory. They keep the groove but are never really strict about that. It’s very engaging and has plenty of surprises to keep you guessing, but also has a friendly and welcoming vibe. Really dig it!
For me it's better to listen music here in RU-vid, than in Spotify-- it's like listening the music you like in a big concert that you enjoy so much (with thousands, millions of people around the world), but at the end, you can talk with each one of the assistants, and ask them about their feelings and experiences in the concert. You can talk with any of them whose thought seemed to you most interesting, and talk with him or her... Despite you will never know him or her in person. It's an amazing place. Hope Joey come to Latin America and specially to Colombia some day.
Daniel Rojas so much less detached. so much more to appreciate - visuals, components of sound: the pianist, bassist, drumming, a community of mutual appreciators. so yes I agree
@@cokecl Aunque no sé si conozca SoundCloud. Hace poco creé una cuenta ahí, es una página de pistas de audio únicamente, como Spotify, pero ahí sí se pueden hacer comentarios. Jeje
