Joey Alexander
- January 5, 2024
- Pianist
Quick Facts
Joey Alexander Biography
| Name | Joey Alexander |
| Birthday | Jun 25 |
| Birth Year | 2003 |
| Place Of Birth | Denpasar |
| Home Town | Bali |
| Birth Country | Indonesia |
| Birth Sign | Gemini |
| Parents | Denny Sila, Fara Sila |
Joey Alexander is one of the most popular and richest Pianist who was born on June 25, 2003 in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia. The child prodigy pianist earned Grammy nominations for his Best Improvised Jazz Solo as well as Best Jazz Instrumental Album for My Favorite Things.
He has performed for He has performed for both Herbie Hancock and Bill Clinton, and was invited by Wynton Marsalis to perform at the Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 2014 gala. as well as Bill Clinton, and was invited by Wynton Marsalis to perform at jazz at Lincoln Center’s gala in 2014.
Due to the unavailability of jazz education in his home town, he participated in jam sessions in Bali and Jakarta, where his family moved after disbanding their tourism business so he could live near Indonesia’s top jazz musicians. When he was eight, he played for Herbie Hancock when Hancock was visiting Jakarta as a UNESCO goodwill ambassador. Hancock told Joey Alexander that he believed in him, and Joey Alexander later called that time “the day I decided to dedicate my childhood to jazz”. At age 9, he won the Grand Prix at the 2013 Master-Jam Fest, an all-ages jazz competition in Odessa, Ukraine, which included 43 musicians from 17 nations. In 2014, he and his family moved to New York City to pursue a career in music.
A child prodigy, Joey Alexander taught himself to play jazz at age six, by listening to his father’s classic jazz albums. He won the Grand Prix at the 2013 Master-Jam Fest when he was nine.
It is his full name Josiah Alexander Sila, and his birthplace was Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia to Denny Sila and Farah Leonora Urbach. His father was a musician who played the guitar.
Joey Alexander Net Worth
| Net Worth | $6 Million |
| Source Of Income | Pianist |
| House | Living in own house. |
Joey Alexander is one of the richest Pianist from Indonesia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Joey Alexander 's net worth $6 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He learned to play the piano jazz at the age of six old. In 2013, he won the Grand Prix at the Master-Jam Fest.
He was the first Indonesian musician to ever make it to into the Billboard 200 chart, peaking at 59th place in January of 2016.
Josiah Alexander Sila (born 25 June 2003), better known as Joey Alexander, is an Indonesian jazz pianist. He became the first Indonesian musician to chart on Billboard 200 when his album, My Favorite Things, debuted at number 174 and then peaked at 59.
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Who is Joey Alexander Dating?
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In September 2016, Joey Alexander released his second album Countdown, named after the John Coltrane track. The album featured his trio of Dan Chmielinski and Ulysses Owens augmented by bassist Larry Grenadier and saxophonist Chris Potter.
Facts & Trivia
Joey Ranked on the list of most popular Pianist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Indonesia. Joey Alexander celebrates birthday on June 25 of every year.
September 2017 saw the release of Alexander’s third album, titled Joey. Monk. Live!, a collection of seven songs by Thelonious Monk recorded live at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Appel Room in June 2017.
Is Joey Alexander a prodigy?
A child prodigy , Joey Alexander taught himself to play jazz at age six by listening to his father’s classic jazz albums. He won the Grand Prix at the 2013 Master-Jam Fest when he was nine. In 2014, Wynton Marsalis invited him to play at Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Who taught Joey Alexander?
Born Josiah Alexander Sila in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia in 2003, Alexander was introduced to music by his father , an amateur musician and jazz aficionado. By age six, he had taught himself how to play piano by listening to albums by Louis Armstrong, Thelonious Monk, Bill Evans, and others.
How old is pianist Joey Alexander?
18 years (June 25, 2003)
Where is Joey Alexander from?
Denpasar, Indonesia
How did Joey Alexander learn?
The child prodigy taught himself to play piano at age six, after his father bought him an electronic keyboard. Joey has said that learning music came naturally for him, thanks to listening to songs from his father’s personal jazz collection.