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Monty Alexander

Born in Kingston, Jamaica on June 6, 1944, Monty Alexander discovered his love for the piano at a very young age; he began tinkering at the age of four, taking lessons by the time he was six, in 1950. Although he studied classical piano in his lessons, when he became a teenager, an element of rebellion kicked in and he found jazz. He started playing in clubs in his hometown of Kingston, Jamaica. After his family relocated to Miami, Florida in 1961, he got to try his hand as a session musician on recordings with Clue J & His Blues Blasters. Building up a reputation as a sterling m...