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Monty Alexander

Montgomery Bernard "Monty" Alexander OJ CD (born 6 June 1944) is a Jamaican American jazz pianist. His playing has a Caribbean influence and bright swinging feeling, with a strong vocabulary of bebop jazz and blues rooted melodies. He was influenced by Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Erroll Garner, Nat King Cole, Oscar Peterson, Ahmad Jamal, Les McCann, and Frank Sinatra. Alexander also sings and…

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Artist details

Type
Person
Area
Jamaica
Born
June 6th, 1944
Genres
Labels
Concord Jazz
Pablo
Concord Records
Telarc
RCA Victor
Last updated: April 14th, 2024·MusicBrainz

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