Mar292024

Roland Alphonso

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. Read more on Last.fm

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# Title Plays
1Phoenix City
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2Blackberry Brandy
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3On The Move
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4Blow Roland Blow
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5Zapatoo the Tiger
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6James Bond
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7El Torro
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8One Thousand Tons Of Megaton
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9El Pussy Cat Ska
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10Musical Resurrection
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