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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Most Played Tracks as Scrobbled to Last.fm
| # | Title | Plays |
| 1 | Phoenix City | |
| 2 | Blackberry Brandy | |
| 3 | On The Move | |
| 4 | Blow Roland Blow | |
| 5 | Zapatoo the Tiger | |
| 6 | James Bond | |
| 7 | El Torro | |
| 8 | One Thousand Tons Of Megaton | |
| 9 | El Pussy Cat Ska | |
| 10 | Musical Resurrection |
Other Album Releases:
Dreamland: The Beverley's Singles 1966-1968
Reggae Instrumentalists: Lester Sterling, Roland Alphonso and Tommy McCook
Max's Skansas City (Lost Recordings from the N.Y.C Club)
Roland Alphonso & the Aggrovators
ABC Rocksteady (feat. The Originals Orchestra)
ABC Rocksteady
Music from Ja: Ska
Something Special Ska Hot Shots
Shade of Pale
1000 Tons of Megaton / Musical Resurrection
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Don Drummond
Baba Brooks
Lester Sterling
Tommy McCook
Jackie Opel
Eric Morris
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes
Justin Hinds
Lord Tanamo
Clancy Eccles
