Alexander Hawkins

Alexander Hawkins is a British jazz pianist, organist and composer, born in Oxford in 1981. He works across composed and improvised music, leading his own ensembles and trios and playing in groups led by other musicians. He is known for his long run of records on Intakt and for his work with Louis Moholo-Moholo, Evan Parker and Mulatu Astatke. Hawkins co-founded the Convergence Quartet in 2006 with Taylor Ho Bynum, Dominic Lash and Harris Eisenstadt, started the Alexander Hawkins Ensemble in 2007 and plays Hammond organ in the trio Decoy with John Edwards and Steve Noble.