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Alex Riel, (September 13, 1940 in Copenhagen, Denmark), is a Danish jazz and rock drummer. September 13 is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years). ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article needs cleanup. ... Jazz master Louis Armstrong remains one of the most loved and best known of all jazz musicians. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... A drummer is a musician who plays the drums, particularly the drum kit, marching percussion, or hand drums. ...


Riel has recorded with, among others, Kenny Drew, Kenny Werner, Bob Brookmeyer, Thomas Clausen, 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. Kenneth Sidney (Kenny) Drew (August 28, 1928 - August 4, 1993) was an American jazz pianist from New York City. ... Robert Brookmeyer (born December 19, 1929) is an American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, and arranger. ... Thomas Clausen (born in 1949) is a Danish jazz pianist. ... Edward Davis (March 2, 1922 - November 3, 1986), who performed and recorded as Eddie Lockjaw Davis, was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. ... John Lenwood (Jackie) McLean (born May 17, 1932) is an American jazz alto saxophonist and educator, born in New York City. ... Dexter Gordon Dexter Gordon (February 27, 1923 - April 25, 1990) was an American tenor saxophone musician. ... Raymond Matthews (Ray) Brown (October 13, 1926 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania– July 2, 2002) was an American jazz bassist. ... Donaldson Toussaint LOuverture Byrd II (born December 9, 1932) is an American jazz and rhythm and blues trumpeter, born in Detroit, Michigan. ... Don Cherry (18 November 1936 - 19 October 1995) was an innovative jazz trumpeter probably best known for his long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman. ... Arthur Stewart (Art) Farmer (August 21, 1928- October 4, 1999), was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player. ... Django (left) & Grappelli (right). ... Born July 31, 1918 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, Hank Jones grew up in Pontiac, Michigan, where he studied piano at an early age and came under the influence of Earl Hines, Fats Waller, Teddy Wilson, and Art Tatum. ... Thad Jones Thaddeus Joseph Jones (March 28, 1923 - August 21, 1986) was an American jazz trumpeter. ... Benjamin Francis Webster (March 27, 1909 - September 20, 1973) was an influential American jazz tenor saxophonist. ...


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


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


Discography

As a jazz bandleader


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Alex Riel 'Rielatin' (139 words)
In 1996 Alex Riel and Stunt won a Danish Grammy for the cd "The Riel Deal", and for a couple of weeks "Unriel" from 1997 was in the Ame- rican jazz charts, which is highly unusual for European jazz recordings.
For Alex Riel it was natural to continue his collaboration with the musicians from the previous projects.
The result is probably the most perfect of all Alex Riel's recordings, characterized by musical playfulness and respect for the tradition in an astonishing interaction among some of the world's greatest musicians.
Alex Riel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (136 words)
Alex Riel, (September 13, 1940 in Copenhagen, Denmark), is a Danish jazz and rock drummer.
Riel has recorded with, among others, Kenny Drew, Bob Brookmeyer, Thomas Clausen, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Jackie McLean, and Dexter Gordon.
He was also a founding member in 1968 of the popular Danish rock group The Savage Rose.
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