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14 tracks | 44 minutes
Released Aug 2003
on Alex Grant
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:55 The Dancing lyrics BUY MP3 03:55 The Dancing lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:55 The Dancing
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:16 The Courtship lyrics BUY MP3 03:16 The Courtship lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:16 The Courtship
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:31 Butterflies on Parade lyrics BUY MP3 03:31 Butterflies on Parade lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:31 Butterflies on Parade
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:29 The Tulip And The Acorn lyrics BUY MP3 03:29 The Tulip And The Acorn lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:29 The Tulip And The Acorn
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:20 Civil War And Peace lyrics BUY MP3 03:20 Civil War And Peace lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:20 Civil War And Peace
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:25 Dance Of The Male Tigers lyrics BUY MP3 03:25 Dance Of The Male Tigers lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:25 Dance Of The Male Tigers
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:51 Changing Of The Guard lyrics BUY MP3 02:51 Changing Of The Guard lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:51 Changing Of The Guard
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:43 Farewell lyrics BUY MP3 03:43 Farewell lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:43 Farewell
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:48 In The Canopy lyrics BUY MP3 02:48 In The Canopy lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:48 In The Canopy
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:06 Poets And Painters lyrics BUY MP3 03:06 Poets And Painters lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:06 Poets And Painters
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:39 Hide And Seek lyrics BUY MP3 02:39 Hide And Seek lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:39 Hide And Seek
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:16 The Trees In Your Orchard lyrics BUY MP3 03:16 The Trees In Your Orchard lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:16 The Trees In Your Orchard
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:08 Ballerina lyrics BUY MP3 03:08 Ballerina lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:08 Ballerina
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:11 While We Can lyrics FREE 02:11 While We Can lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:11 While We Can
Beautiful, concise melodies and soulful bass lines in Grant's signature style of neo-classical piano, clearly evident in his emotionally evocative recordings.
Bio / Background
Alex Grant knows that being fired was one of the most positive things that ever happened to him. Raised in a strict, orderly and loving family to be "something sensible, please", he had followed this direction for forty years, when he was abruptly let go from his job as general manager of a manufacturing firm in Phoenix, Arizona.
Although approached by other companies in related fields, Alex decided at that point to really look at his life. “I had always loved writing and performing music, and had a deep desire to do so professionally”, he says thoughtfully. “I finally decided that if I didn’t take this opportunity to pursue what I most love to do, I’d probably kick myself when I was eighty!”
Grant's odyssey actually began much earlier. Growing up in a rigid, academically-oriented environment, he excelled in school, and started at the University of Missouri-Columbia on both a full academic scholarship and a Navy ROTC scholarship.
↓ more ↓"My dream back then was to fly jets" Alex reminisces. But then, midway through his sophomore year, he started writing music-"it was like a floodgate had opened".
So life-altering was the deluge that Grant very quickly left behind the scholarships and the career plans, left school and took a job as a dishwasher, to the astonishment of both parents and friends.
For the next twenty years, Alex worked a wide variety of jobs, all involving hard physical labor which he discovered he loved. He unloaded fishing boats in Alaska, drove forklifts and delivery trucks, worked in a state mental institution and any number of warehouses, eventually arriving at the level of general manager, a position he held for five years before the ax fell in 1994. With much-needed moral support from his wife Susie, Grant took the leap and began playing professionally in the fall of that year.
Since that time, Grant's CD's have sold more than 50,000 copies, and his signature style of neo-classical piano is clearly evident in his emotionally evocative recordings, which are currently receiving national airplay on Sirius Radio Channel 73, DMX Radio, NPR’s “Morning Edition” program and a nationally syndicated radio program called “Quiet Music”.
Alex has played many interesting events including a reception for President Clinton at the Columbine groundbreaking ceremony as well as performing the National Anthem at the June 20th, 2007, Yankees/Rockies baseball game. He was also one of a select group of pianists at the Bosendorfer Piano World Tour at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House in Denver, and was featured on Frontier Airlines’ Wild Blue Yonder television network and in their in-flight magazine.
He and his wife live with their dog and two cats in Denver, Colorado, where snowboarding is always readily available!
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