Alex Riel

Alex Riel

Photo by Gorm Valentin
Background information
Birth name Alex Riel
Born 13 September 1940
Origin Copenhagen, Denmark
Genres Jazz, hard bop, rock
Occupation(s) Musician, composer
Instruments Drums
Years active 1962 –
Associated acts Alex Riel Trio
Website Alex Riel Official Site

Alex Riel (born 13 September 1940 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Danish jazz and rock drummer.[1][2] His first group Alex Riel/Palle Mikkelborg Quintet won Montreux Grand Prix Award at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1968 and it was published in Billboard's June 1968 edition.[3]

Biography

Riel has recorded with, among others, Kenny Drew, Kenny Werner, Bob Brookmeyer, Thomas Clausen, Bill Evans, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Jackie McLean, and Dexter Gordon. He has also worked with a wide range of important jazz musicians, including Ray Brown, Donald Byrd, Don Cherry, Art Farmer, Stéphane Grappelli, Hank Jones, Thad Jones, and Ben Webster. He formed a renowned jazz ensemble with bass player Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen and Kenny Drew.[4]

He was also a founding member in 1968 of the popular Danish rock group The Savage Rose.[5]

His album The Riel Deal won a Danish Grammy Award Jazz in 1996.

In September 2010, Riel reached seventy years of an age and it was celebrated at the famed Jazzhus Montmartre. The event was broadcast live with the title Celebration of a Living Jazz Legend by the Danish national television station TV2 which was also showing rare photos depicting Riel with Duke Ellington, Ben Webster, Bill Evans and The Savage Rose.[6]

Awards

Discography

As leader
As sideman

With Dexter Gordon

With Ken McIntyre

With Jackie McLean

With Archie Shepp and Lars Gullin

With Sahib Shihab

With Thorgeir Stubø

With Ben Webster

Galleri

Fotos: Hreinn Gudlaugsson

References

  1. ↑ Jeg skal sgu sidde ved trommerne Af Bine Madsen. Dagbladenes Bureau, 9 Feb 2010. Same interview in Flensborg Avis, 17 February 2010, Side 18
  2. ↑ Alex Riel Horsens Folkeblad, 16 February 2010, 2. sektion, Side 12
  3. ↑ Riels' Quintet Wins Award at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1968. Billboard. Retrieved 2010-10-23.
  4. ↑ Jazz at Foreign Ministry of Denmark
  5. ↑ Riel og rytmen. Portræt: Alex Riel Af Tove Skytte Erngaard. Jyllands-Posten, 27 July 1997, Kultur og tv, Side 1
  6. ↑ "Alex Riel 70 Year Celebration Danish National TV Live". Nyhederne-dyn.tv2.dk. Retrieved 2010-03-24.
  7. ↑ "Danish Jazz Musician Award 1965 Presented by Duke Ellington and Sam Woodyard". Drummerworld.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-24.
  8. ↑ "Prizewinners". Ben Webster Foundation. Retrieved 2010-03-16.
  9. ↑ "Life Time Achievement Award". Drummerworld.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-24.

External links

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