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Alex Riel (13 September 1940 – 9 June 2024) was a Danish jazz and rock drummer. His first group, the Alex Riel/Palle Mikkelborg Quintet, won the Montreux Grand Prix Award at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1968. He was married to the writer Ane Riel.
Biography
Riel recorded with, among others, Booker Ervin, Kenny Drew, Kenny Werner, Bob Brookmeyer, Thomas Clausen, Bill Evans, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Donald Byrd, Don Cherry, Thad Jones, and Ben Webster. He formed a jazz ensemble with bass player Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen. Riel was also a founding member in 1968 of the Danish rock group The Savage Rose. His album The Riel Deal won a Danish Grammy Award Jazz in 1996.
In September 2010, Riel's 70th birthday celebration at the Jazzhus Montmartre was broadcast live with the title Celebration of a Living Jazz Legend by the Danish national television station TV2.
Personal life and death
Riel married crime fiction author Ane Riel in 2002. They lived in Liseleje in North Zealand from 2005 until his death. He died at his home there on 9 June 2024, at the age of 83.
Awards
Danish Jazz Musician Award 1965 presented by Duke Ellington and Sam Woodyard (Photo)
Ben Webster 90 Years Honorary Prize 1999 (shared with Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen and Olivier Antunes)
Danish Grammy Award Jazz in 1996 for Riel's album The Riel Deal
Life Time Achievement Award from IFPI 2007 (Photo)
Discography
= As leader
=Alex Riel Trio with Kenny Drew, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (Fona, 1965)
Emergence with Jesper Lundgaard, Jerry Bergonzi (Red, 1994)
The Riel Deal with Kenny Werner, Jerry Bergonzi (Stunt, 1996)
Unriel with Jerry Bergonzi, Michael Brecker, Eddie Gómez, Mike Stern, Niels Lan Doky (Stunt, 1997)
DSB Kino with Harry Sweets Edison, Roger Kellaway (Stunt, 1998)
Rielatin with Jerry Bergonzi, Mike Stern, Kenny Werner (Stunt, 1999)
Celebration (Stunt, 2000)
Live at Jive Alex Riel/Luts Büchner Quartet (Stunt, 2001)
What Happened? Alex Riel Trio (Cowbell, 2004)
The High & The Mighty Alex Riel Trio (Cowbell, 2007)
Live at Stars Alex Riel Quartet feat. Charlie Mariano (Cowbell, 2008)
Riel Time Alex Riel Quartet (Cowbell, 2008)
Get Riel (Cowbell, 2008)
= As sideman
=With Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Swingin' Till the Girls Come Home (SteepleChase, 1976)
With Dexter Gordon
Cheese Cake (SteepleChase, 1964 [1979])
King Neptune (SteepleChase, 1964 [1979])
Love for Sale (SteepleChase, 1964 [1982])
It's You or No One (SteepleChase, 1964 [1983])
Billie's Bounce (SteepleChase, 1964 [1983])
Loose Walk (SteepleChase 1965 [2003])
Misty (SteepleChase, 1965 [2004])
Heartaches (SteepleChase, 1965 [2004])
Ladybird (SteepleChase, 1965 [2005])
More Than You Know (SteepleChase, 1975)
Swiss Nights Vol. 1 (SteepleChase, 1975 [1976])
Swiss Nights Vol. 2 (SteepleChase, 1975 [1978])
Swiss Nights Vol. 3 (SteepleChase, 1975 [1979])
Lullaby for a Monster (SteepleChase, 1976 [1981])
With Bob Brookmeyer
Holiday (Challenge, 1981)
With Ken McIntyre
Hindsight (SteepleChase, 1974)
With Jackie McLean
Live at Montmartre (SteepleChase, 1972)
Ode to Super (SteepleChase, 1973) with Gary Bartz
A Ghetto Lullaby (SteepleChase, 1974)
The Meeting (SteepleChase, 1974) with Dexter Gordon
The Source (SteepleChase, 1974) with Dexter Gordon
With Archie Shepp and Lars Gullin
The House I Live In (SteepleChase, 1963 [1980])
With Sahib Shihab
Sahib's Jazz Party (Debut, 1963)
With Thorgeir Stubø
Flight (Hot Club, 1985)
With Radka Toneff
Live in Hamburg (Odin, 1981)
Butterfly, track 4-6 (Curling Legs, 2008)
With Ben Webster
My Man: Live at Montmartre 1973 (SteepleChase, 1973)
Gallery
References
External links
Official site
Alex Riel discography at Discogs
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