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.

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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