The Three Sides of Monty Alexander

He is a bebop virtuoso who apprenticed with the originators of the form, a stalwart champion of the great American songbook, and the world’s foremost avatar of Jamaican jazz.

Beth Naji
Monty Alexander at Birdland with bassist Jason Brown and drummer Luke Sellick. Beth Naji

Monty Alexander
‘Love Notes’ (Monty Alexander Music)

Monty Alexander has long been a one-man Kingston Trio. This is a somewhat wiseguy, punny way of saying that the pianist, who was born in 1944 at Kingston, Jamaica, has always had three major strings to his bow, three big feathers in his cap.

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