Darryl Alexander
Chances are that if you have listened to Saturday Night Live (NBC), Good Morning America (ABC), The Weather Channel, E Entertainment, Lifetime, Fox Business, Maury Povich, or flown on JetBlue, Airtran, Frontier, that you have heard music by jazz artist/producer/composer Darryl Alexander. His dream growing up was to be a professional baseball player. A batboy at the age of 9, by age 10 he was pitching in his league’s championship series. Darryl’s baseball path would lead him to scholarship offers from numerous universities, including Boston University. Darryl would have the opportunity to play with and against notable major leaguers and NFL and CFL coordinators. Ironically, while Darryl was pursuing a baseball career, he also was developing his skills as a musician, starting, like most, in the school band, playing trombone, tuba, and drums.
Throughout the years, Darryl has been blessed with the opportunity to perform and record with extraordinary musicians, such as saxophonists Jeff Kashiwa of the Rippingtons, Kenny Blake, Mark Earley (Roomful of Blues), Vince Andrews (Toto), Vocalists Shirley Murdock, John Madgett, pianists Alton Merrell (Christian McBride), Brett Williams (Snarky Puppy), Cliff Barnes (Marcus Miller), Herb McMullen, Jackie Warren, Pete Tokar (gold recording engineer for Gerald LeVert, O’Jays, 3LW), and guitars Ken Karsh (Bobby McFerren), Duane Tribune (Urban Jazz Coalition), Phil Bruno and Teddy Panteles.