My Favorite Things (Joey Alexander album)

My Favorite Things
Studio album by Joey Alexander
Released	May 12, 2015 (2015-05-12)
Recorded	October 2014
Studio	Avatar Studio, NYC
Genre	Jazz
Label	Motéma
Producer	Jason Olaine
Joey Alexander chronology
My Favorite Things (2015) Countdown (2016)

My Favorite Things is the first album by the jazz pianist Joey Alexander.[1][2] Released in 2015, it earned Alexander a Grammy Award nomination for Best Jazz Instrumental Album.[3]

Track listing

Standard edition[4]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Giant Steps"	John Coltrane	10:15
2.	"Lush Life"	Billy Strayhorn	8:13
3.	"My Favorite Things"	Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein II	6:16
4.	"It Might as Well Be Spring"	Rodgers Hammerstein II	5:28
5.	"Ma Blues"	Joey Alexander	6:51
6.	"'Round Midnight"	Thelonious Monk Cootie Williams Bernie Hanighen	6:50
7.	"I Mean You"	Monk Coleman Hawkins	4:15
8.	"Tour De Force"	Dizzy Gillespie	5:50
9.	"Over the Rainbow"	Harold Arlen E.Y. "Yip" Harburg	4:32

Deluxe edition bonus tracks[4]

No.	Title	Length
10.	"Footprints"	8:53
11.	"Green Dolphin Street"	3:13

Personnel

Musicians

• Joey Alexander – piano, arrangements
• Larry Grenadier – bass (tracks 1-4)
• Russell Hall – bass (tracks 5, 7-8)
• Ulysses Owens Jr – drums (tracks 1,2,4)
• Sammy Miller – drums (tracks 5,7-8)
• Alphonso Horne – trumpet (track 8)

Production

• Produced by Jason Olaine
• Executive Producer: Jana Herzen
• Recorded by Katherine Miller at Avatar Studio, NYC
• Assistant Engineer: Nathan Odden
• Mixed by Katherine Miller (Amnondale Recording)
• Mastered by Alan Silverman: (Arf Mastering, NYC)
• Illustration: James Gulliver Hancock
• Photography/Design: Rebecca Meek

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[5]	59
US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard)[6]	1
US Top Album Sales (Billboard)[7]	26
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[8]	1
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[9]	4

References

1. "Indonesian Jazz Prodigy Joey Alexander Tops US Billboard Chart". Jakarta Globe. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
2. "Joey Alexander's 'My Favorite Things' Tops Billboard 200 Chart". Tempo.Co. 19 January 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
3. "Grammy Nominations 2016". New York Times. 7 December 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
4. "My Favorite Things (Deluxe Edition) by Joey Alexander on Apple Music". Apple Music. 12 May 2015. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
5. "Joey Alexander Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 12, 2019.
6. "Joey Alexander Chart History (Top Jazz Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 12, 2019.
7. "Joey Alexander Chart History (Top Album Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved July 12, 2019.
8. "Joey Alexander Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 12, 2019.
9. "Joey Alexander Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 12, 2019.