Monty Alexander

“I grew up learning Nat Cole’s songs, without knowing the titles, even before I knew about Sinatra,” Alexander continues. “My awareness of his piano playing came later; it was just that smooth voice. When I was little, I confused him with Gene Autry-I was always connecting one thing with another: ‘Wait a minute, that sounded like that.’ That’s why, even now, it’s one world of music for me. I try to remove all the lines. Even though I do this thing and that thing and the other thing, at the end of the day it’s Monty Alexander. I still seem to make people happy.”