ALBUMS
ANATTA
— ALEX MERRITT QUARTET
mind-ear-ladder
— ALEX MERRITT / STEVE FISHWICK QUINTET
MUSICAL APPROACH
Alex currently performs in a range of projects including the Alex Merritt & Rebecca Nash Duo , the Alex Merritt Quartet and the Alex Merritt/ Steve Fishwick Quintet. Alex writes music for these different settings for the unique musical personalities in these bands. For more about this see Projects. Many of these projects are actively performing widely, so keep an eye on Live to see where they are playing next.
Alex’s music integrates influence from contemporary classical music as well as contemporary jazz. Composers such as Olivier Messiaen, Henri Dutilleux and Maurice Ravel have been influences for Alex alongside jazz influence from figures such as John Coltrane, Joe Henderson and Warne Marsh.
You can listen/ to and watch some clips below, as well as being able to download charts from this page.
A selection of Alex’s compositions, as PDF lead sheets available for download:
‘Justin Time-berlake’
Contrafact melody on ‘Just In Time’, from ‘Anatta’
Ma Ballade
Original from ‘Mind-Ear-Ladder’
New Waltz
Original from ‘Mind-Ear-Ladder’:
Piano / Trumpet / Bass
STAND OUT SOUNDS.
B&W photography / David Forman
VIDEOS
ALEX MERRITT & REBECCA NASH DUO- SHOWREEL
Video montage of concert footage from Alex and Rebecca’s Duo at Bristol St George’s and B:Music Symphony Hall, Birmingham.
‘AT ST GEORGE’S’.
The Alex Merritt/ Steve Fishwick Quintet perform ‘St George’s’ from Mind-Ear-Ladder. Music by Alex Merritt.
MONK’S ‘WORK’.
The Alex Merritt/ Nick Malcolm Quartet interpretation of Thelonious Monk's 'Work'. Performed at The Hen & Chickens, Bristol.
ANATTA LAUNCH.
Encore from 'Anatta' launch gig at The Vortex, London. Here The Alex Merritt Quartet perform ‘Sweet Hash Brown’.
BEHIND THE SCENES.
The Alex Merritt Quartet recording their debut album 'Anatta' at the Fish Factory Studios, London.