Parents hoping to inspire their kids to practice more could do worse than hold up Joey Alexander as an example. Accompanied by well-practiced sidemen like Larry Grenadier and drummer Ulysses Owens Jr, the 11-year-old Bali-born piano prodigy displays talent far beyond his years on his standards-packed debut. While he shows remarkable depth of feeling during the gorgeous ballad "Lush Life,” Alexander’s solo on John Coltrane's harmonically challenging "Giant Steps" is relaxed yet inventive.
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