Monty Alexander Transcriptions

Birth name: Monty Alexander or Montgomery Bernard Alexander
Born: 6 June 1944 (age 80), Kingston, Jamaica

Monty Alexander 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. He is known for his surprising musical twists, bright rhythmic sense, and intense dramatic musical climaxes.