Roland Alphonso
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Within Vinony's link graph, Roland Alphonso is referenced by 68 other articles, and connects out to Sonia Pottinger, Cuba and Jamaica.
Vinony files it under 1931 births, 1998 deaths and 20th-century Jamaican male musicians.
Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Skatalites
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Jamaica
- Active from
- 1931-01-12
- Active to
- 1998-11-20
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 99,775
- Total plays
- 582,841
Tags
Roland Alphonso (Havana, Cuba, January 12, 1931 - Los Angeles, California, November 20, 1998) aka Rolando Alphonso or The Chief Musician was a Jamaican tenor saxophonist. Alphonso came to Jamaica at the age of two with his Jamaican mother, and started to learn saxophone at the Stony Hill Industrial School. In 1948 he left school to join Eric Deans' orchestra and soon passed through other bands in the hotel circuit and first recorded as a member of Baba Motta's group in 1952. <a href="https://
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Roland
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Cuba
- Place of birth
- Havana
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- saxophonist
- Genre
- ska
- Instrument
- saxophone
- Record label
- Island Records
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- date of birth
- 1931-01-12
- date of death
- 1998-11-20
- start of work period
- 1998-00-00
- member of
- The Skatalites
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