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Alex Riel (born 13 September 1940 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Danish jazz and rock drummer.〔''Jeg skal sgu sidde ved trommerne'' Af Bine Madsen. Dagbladenes Bureau, 9 Feb 2010. Same interview in Flensborg Avis, 17 February 2010, Side 18〕〔''Alex Riel'' Horsens Folkeblad, 16 February 2010, 2. sektion, Side 12〕 His first group Alex Riel/Palle Mikkelborg Quintet won Montreux Grand Prix Award at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1968 and it was published in Billboard's June 1968 edition. ==Biography== Riel has recorded with, among others, Kenny Drew, Kenny Werner, Bob Brookmeyer, Thomas Clausen, Bill Evans, 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. He formed a renowned jazz ensemble with bass player Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen and Kenny Drew.〔(Jazz ) at Foreign Ministry of Denmark〕 He was also a founding member in 1968 of the popular Danish rock group The Savage Rose.〔''Riel og rytmen. Portræt: Alex Riel'' Af Tove Skytte Erngaard. Jyllands-Posten, 27 July 1997, Kultur og tv, Side 1〕 His album ''The Riel Deal'' won a ''Danish Grammy Award Jazz'' in 1996. In September 2010, Riel reached seventy years of an age and it was celebrated at the famed Jazzhus Montmartre. The event was broadcast live with the title ''Celebration of a Living Jazz Legend'' by the Danish national television station TV2 which was also showing rare photos depicting Riel with Duke Ellington, Ben Webster, Bill Evans and The Savage Rose.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Alex Riel 70 Year Celebration Danish National TV Live )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alex Riel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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