Jeremy Monteiro
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Jeremy Monteiro |
| Born | 20 June 1960 Singapore, Singapore |
| Genres | Jazz, Latin jazz, classical music, Chinese Classical Music |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, bandleader |
| Instruments | Piano, keyboards, organ |
| Years active | 1976–present |
| Labels | Jazznote |
| Associated acts | James Moody, Michael Brecker, Lee Ritenour, Herbie Mann, Paulinho DaCosta, Ernie Watts |
| Website | www |
Jeremy Monteiro (born 20 June 1960 in Singapore) is a jazz pianist, singer, composer and music educator. He has performed and won critical acclaim in many parts of the world; in Singapore, he has been dubbed "Singapore's King of Swing" by the local press. He was awarded the Cultural Medallion in 2002.
Monteiro grew up in a family that loved music where both his parents played musical instruments and both his sisters, the piano. He took piano lessons at a young age and eventually attained a Grade 8 music certification. He was drawn to jazz due to the music's spontaneity and was influenced by friends who were making money moonlighting in Chinese nightclubs.
By the time he was 16, Monteiro was already working as a professional musician. He first performed at Club 392, where the Palais Renaissance now stands along Orchard Road. He spent many years playing in local clubs as well as performing at international festivals such as the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland. He has performed with a range of fellow jazz musicians, including saxophonists James Moody and Ernie Watts, Eldee Young, Paul Martin and Shawn Kelly.
In 1988, Swing Magazine of Switzerland called him "one of the best exponents of Jazz Piano". That year, he performed with his all-star band, Monteiro, Young & Holt at the prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival. As a composer, Monteiro was awarded a Silver Medal at the 1991 International Radio Festival of New York, as well as finalist awards at the 1990 and 1991 London International Advertising Awards for best original music score (radio, TV and cinema). He has composed or produced over 700 pieces of music and is listed in the year 2000 edition of Who's Who of The World. In late 1992, he produced the Ernie Watts album Stand Up.
During the middle of 2002, Monteiro launched the album Swinging in Chicago, which featured tracks such as "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" and "I'm Confessin' That I Love You". The album was released in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan and Japan. He is also the composer of the national song titled "One People, One Nation, One Singapore" which he penned in 1990. Other achievements in Monteiro's career include: being designated a voting member of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (organiser of the Grammy Awards) in 1991; performing with the Asian All-Stars jazz band to 14,000 people at the Shanghai Convention Centre in 1996; and being appointed artistic director of the Singapore International Jazz Festival in 2001, featuring 52 bands and more than 150 musicians from Singapore and overseas.
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