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Ricky Alexander (born 1989) is a jazz saxophonist and clarinetist based in New York City.

Early life and Education

Alexander grew up in the Washington, D.C. area. ^[1] He received a Bachelor's Degree in Jazz from the University of Maryland, College Park and a Master's Degree in Jazz Performance from New York University Tisch School of the Arts. ^[1] He was initially encouraged toward an interest in jazz by his grandmother. ^[2]

Career

Since coming to New York, Alexander has worked as a sideman to artists including Terry Waldo, Glenn Crytzer, Sweet Megg, Dandy Wellington, Danny Jonokuchi, and Mike Davis. He has also played in big bands including Vince Giordano's Nighthawks Orchestra. ^[1] In addition to leading the Early Bird Jazz Band, ^[2] Alexander plays and releases music under his own name on Turtle Bay Records. ^[3] There, with Sweet Megg, he also co-hosts "On The Back Porch," ^[4] a web series that interviews and showcases trad jazz musicians working today.

Musical Style

Alexander's style "skillfully revive[s] the busy sound of jazz in the 1930s, a style that emanated from speakeasies in Chicago and Kansas City and wound up in New York." ^[5] His playing "hint[s] at predecessors like Ted Lewis and Benny Goodman, but only intermittently; as lead soloist he seeks to maintain, it seems, the lighthearted zeitgeist of each tune, whatever its era of origin." ^[6] In general, Ricky plays trad jazz and standards faithfully, but with modern influences.

Discography ^[7]

• Strike Up The Band (2019)
• I'm In Love Again (2021) with Sweet Megg
• Just Found Joy, to be released in 2024 ^[8]

About

References

Category:1989 births Category:University System of Maryland alumni Category:New York University alumni Category:Living people Category:American clarinetists Category:American saxophonists Category:American male jazz musicians Category:21st-century American male musicians Category:American jazz clarinetists Category:American jazz saxophonists Category:21st-century American composers