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Monty Alexander

1944 - Today

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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 plays the melodica. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Monty Alexander is the 1,490th most popular musician (down from 1,389th in 2019), the 43rd most popular biography from Jamaica (down from 37th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Jamaican Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Monty Alexander ranks 1,490 out of 3,175. Before him are Esbjörn Svensson, Laura Nyro, Gene Pitney, Mal Waldron, Jennifer Batten, and Tony Scott. After him are Shagrath, Bob Daisley, Bert Jansch, Francis Buchholz, Renato Zero, and Joseph Williams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Monty Alexander ranks 519. Before him are Botho Strauß, Rita Mae Brown, Fatos Kongoli, Paul Keating, Alan Woods, and Bobby Womack. After him are Antti Tuuri, Ramiro Blacut, Valmir Louruz, Guity Novin, Kay Ivey, and Leonard Slatkin.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Monty Alexander ranks 43 out of 189. Before him are Ziggy Marley (1968), Martine Beswick (1941), Portia Simpson-Miller (1945), Lennox Miller (1946), Horace Andy (1951), and Raheem Sterling (1994). After him are Damian Marley (1978), Michael Manley (1924), King Tubby (1941), Don Quarrie (1951), Carl Douglas (1942), and Elaine Thompson (1992).

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Among MUSICIANS In Jamaica

Among musicians born in Jamaica, Monty Alexander ranks 10. Before him are Sean Paul (1973), DJ Kool Herc (1955), Desmond Dekker (1941), Prince Buster (1938), Ziggy Marley (1968), and Horace Andy (1951). After him are Damian Marley (1978), King Tubby (1941), Augustus Pablo (1954), John Holt (1947), Junior Murvin (1949), and Diana King (1970).

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