Indonesian child prodigy again up for Grammy
Indonesian child prodigy Joey Alexander, who has awed （人が）群がるs with a piano 技術 beyond his years, was again 指名するd for a Grammy Award on Tuesday for Best Improvised Jazz 単独の.
The 13-year-old was 指名するd for his take on "Countdown" off John Coltrane's classic work "巨大（な） Steps," which appears on Joey's second album.
Joey has pulled in growing マスコミ attention and audiences drawn to the sight of the bespectacled boy who plays the piano with precocious 宙に浮く and feeling.
Musician Joey Alexander 成し遂げるs at the Newport Jazz Fesival on July 30, 2016 in Rhode Island ?Eva HAMBACH (AFP/とじ込み／提出する)
He was also 指名するd for two Grammys at this year's awards but did not 勝利，勝つ. The 最新の awards will be 現在のd at the music 産業's 年次の 祝祭 in Los Angeles on February 12.
Joey is up t his year against some of the biggest 指名するs in jazz -- 含むing Coltrane's son Ravi Coltrane, who is 指名するd for a saxophone 単独の on the collaborative album "In Movement."
Also 指名するd in the 部類 are two 主要な jazz ピアニストs, Brad Mehldau and Fred Hersch, and fusion guitarist John Scofield.
Mehldau, Hersch and Scofield are all also 指名するd for Grammys for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, competing against 作品 led by another 主要な ピアニスト, Kenny Barron, and drummer Peter Erskine.
Born in Bali, Joey took up the piano from an 早期に age as he 設立する inspiration from his parents' collection of jazz 記録，記録的な／記録するs.
With 限られた／立憲的な 適切な時期s for formal jazz training in Indonesia, he jammed with adult musicians before his parents 結局 moved him to New York.
A profile of him on the popular US television news show "60 Minutes" helped bring his last album の上に the 週刊誌 Billboard chart of the 200 最高の，を越す-selling US albums -- a first for an Indonesian artist.
