Let’s end with a question for the National Endowment of the Arts: How can it be that Monty Alexander has not yet been named an NEA Jazz Master? To answer that, we have to paraphrase his hero, Duke ...

Strawberry Hill; High Heel Sneakers; King Tubby Meets the Rockers Uptown; Eleuthera; Sweet Georgia Brown; Freddie Freeloader (Riddim); The Heathen; Compassion; Running Away; Day-O (The Banana Boat ...

Strawberry Hill; High Heel Sneakers; King Tubby Meets the Rockers Uptown; Eleuthera; Sweet Georgia Brown; Freddy the Freeloader; The Heathen; Compassion; Running Away; Day-O (Banana Boat Song); No ...

Born Montgomery Bernard Alexander on June 6, 1944 in Kingston, Jamaica, Monty Alexander is a jazz pianist whose style is influenced by strong Caribbean and swing feeling. A musician of a great ...