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Rolando Alphonso

rocksteadyjazzska-jazzskainstrumental ska
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About Rolando Alphonso

Roland Alphonso or Rolando Alphonso aka The Chief Musician (January 12, 1931, Havana, Cuba - November 20, 1998, Los Angeles, California, United States) 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.

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Stranger on the Shore

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Phoenix City

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Lover Boy

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Music House

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The Cat

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Ego Trip

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Star Track

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On The Move

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Roll On

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Dark Red

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