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Finesse is not a word you usually associate with a kid. But Joey had it even at that age.

Drummer is not good enough for Joey either

@@gabebabe1 Joey was amazing at that age and certainly a genius, probably the only true genius I've ever known so far. It's a shame that like all precocious geniuses he got lost along the way. Now he is certainly an excellent pianist, very technical and advanced, but in my opinion he has lost that brilliant spark and that simplicity that made him play the piano with incredible taste.

It felt to me that he was showing off to impress Joey. I don't know about Joey but I was not impressed.

It's an amazing concert and bass and drums are wonderful too.

Joey is self taught though his dad had a lot of records.

No teacher !

Amazingly he's self taught.

Very much so in 2024 too!

Me too!

He’s the most talented jazz musician on earth - and a lovely human. We’re very lucky to have him.

Malu2in komen lu.. Hostnya musisi jazz hebat tu..

Ya elah komennya norak bangat tong..

You are absolutely right ...the hardest thing in jazz is to build a solo ,to increase the intensity every time you go round the form ...you need so much harmonic knowledge in your locker plus a gift for making the right musical decisions on the hoof ....this is the sort of stuff you can't teach...it comes from within...I'm guessing all these are just natural musicians ...that's just the way it is 🙏🙏🙏

@@davidscott1052 Yes! A teacher can tell a student these things about "how to build a solo", but if they don't intuitively feel it inside first it will probably sound forced... Unlike Joey here!

@@DebbieDenkeMusic I never said you can teach how to build a solo.quite the opposite..its something which comes from within ,a teacher can teach you theory but how you apply it is you decision Go back re Read ...have a nice day🙂🙂🙂🙂

@@davidscott1052 I think we are actually in agreement here - not arguing with you David. As a jazz piano teacher I may suggest to my students techniques to think about when building their solos (once they reach a certain level of knowing chords, piano improvisation skills, and finding good sounding note choices etc.) Examples like, "Start with using space & grow by building sequences, faster note values, longer phrases, using more range, more accents & volume, grow from single notes to a fuller texture". I share with my students these ideas, and hope they can experiment and apply some of them. BUT I think we both agree no one had to tell Joey Alexander to do any of this: He probably just listened to some great musicians, and instinctively knew what to do in a musically mature way, starting at a very young age. That's the difference between natural musical genius, versus a well taught & highly skilled musician who practices hard to sound their best.

@@DebbieDenkeMusic see what you mean...just seems a bit of a misunderstanding couldn't have put it better myself...have a great day...from over here in the UK 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

Now I can't go out cause too green (... with envy). The first time in Europe in the summer of 2014, when Joey visited Denmark, I didn't know about him yet and the USA was too far for me.

I live in DC, I'm looking for his tour schedule because I would love to attend his concert. I just found out about him on YT Jarasum Jazz Festival. I cried 😢