# Joey Alexander brings his trio, plenty of poise and some new tunes: Video

- Link: https://jazzblues.eu/2020/01/18/joey-alexander-brings-his-trio-plenty-of-poise-and-some-new-tunes-video/
- Published: 2020-01-18T16:14:27+01:00
- Author: https://JazzBlues.EU

**If you’re like me, words like “poise,” “polish,” “assurance” and “maturity” were
not legitimate self-descriptive terms when you were 16.**

For pianist Joey Alexander, those descriptions reveal themselves in an exciting 
and bold array on his forthcoming album, _Warna_. Joey’s major label debut (on Verve)
was the focus during his return to Morning Jazz.

Joey set our Steinway grand in motion, with bassist Kris Funn and drummer Kendrick
Scott, using what he sees and hears to reconfigure Joe Henderson’s “Inner Urge” 
and Sting’s “Fragile.” He also shared a highly developed sense of composition on
several originals, including “Lonely Streets,” “‘Tis Our Prayer” and the title track,“
Warna” (meaning “Color” in _bahasa baku, _the standard dialect of his native Indonesia).

Watch a video for “Warna,” live in our performance studio.

![Joey Alexander, playing songs from his forthcoming album, 'Warna,' on Morning 
Jazz.](https://i0.wp.com/www.wbgo.org/sites/wbgo/files/styles/medium/public/202001/
001wbgo_morning_jazz_joey_alexander.jpg?w=640&ssl=1)

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