NEWS
Roland Alexander
"LIVE AT THE LENOX LOUNGE"
June, 2018
New release of the rare live recording of Roland Alexander, American post-bop jazz musician & Taru's father, at the legendary New York City jazz club "Lenox Lounge" recorded LIVE at the beginning of 3rd millennium, 21st Century.
Ensemble:
Roland Alexander - Tenor Saxophone
Kiane Zawadi - Euphonium
Eric Lewis - Piano
Quentin Franklin - Bass
Taru Alexander - Drums
Produced by Taru Alexander and co-produced by Drake Colley for NUBIAN TONAL SCIENCE, LLC
Photo: c Beuford Smith/Cesaire
Taru part of the international Walt Whitman Project recording in the NYC
March 2018
"In this project, Walt Whitman's poetry gets a fresh twist with a unique blend of preeminent American and Slovak musicians. The poetic verse of an Iconic American poet gets a new and vibrant color being translated into the beautiful and melodic Slovak language by one of Slovakia's poet laureates. This innovative project culminates into an imaginative album project." (credit: Melanie Scholtz)
Project Ensemble:
Hanka G - vocal
Robert Pospis - vocal
Nikolaj Nikitin - saxophone
Martin Sillay - guitar
John Peters - organ
Stanley Banks - bass
Taru Alexander - drums
Album was recorded in The Samurai Hotel Recording Studio in March 2018 and will be released in May, 2018 under the Real Music House label
Recording of Taru's solo album "KoJo Time"
2016
Taru recorded in 2016 album titled "KoJo Time" in legendary Rudy Van Gelder studio in New Jersey released under the JAZZLEADSHEATS.COM label paying tribute to his father, legendary tenor saxophone player Roland Alexander by playing his original compositions.
The album consists of nine original compositions of Taru's father, Roland Alexander, an American post-bop jazz tenor saxophone player.
Ensemble:
Taru Alexander - drums
Don Sickler - trumpet
Elijah Shiffer - tenor saxophone
Benjamin Rosenblum - piano
Marthy Jaffe - bass
Book PRIVATE LESSONS AND WORKSHOPS with Taru
2018
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