ROLANDO ALPHONSO
Dub/Ska/Reggae • Cuba
Jazz music community with review and forums
Roland Alphonso O.D. 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, and one of the founding members of The Skatalites.
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 Stanley Motta's group in 1952, going on to record frequently as a session musician. In 1956 he first recorded for Clement "Coxsone" Dodd, although these early recordings were lost before they were mastered. In 1959 he joined the band of Cluett Johnson named Clue J & His Blues Blasters and backed many of Dodd's recording sessions in a typical Jamaican R&B style.
read more...
Thanks to snobb for the addition
ROLANDO ALPHONSO Online Videos
See all ROLANDO ALPHONSO videos
Buy ROLANDO ALPHONSO music
More places to buy jazz & ROLANDO ALPHONSO music
ROLANDO ALPHONSO Discography
ROLANDO ALPHONSO albums / top albums
0.00 |
0 ratings
Roll On
Dub/Ska/Reggae
1984
ROLANDO ALPHONSO EPs & splits
ROLANDO ALPHONSO live albums
ROLANDO ALPHONSO demos, promos, fans club and other releases (no bootlegs)
ROLANDO ALPHONSO re-issues & compilations
![]()
ROLANDO ALPHONSO singles (0)
ROLANDO ALPHONSO movies (DVD, Blu-Ray or VHS)
ROLANDO ALPHONSO Reviews
No ROLANDO ALPHONSO music reviews posted yet.
ROLANDO ALPHONSO Movies Reviews
No ROLANDO ALPHONSO movie reviews posted yet.
ROLANDO ALPHONSO Shouts
Please login to post a shout
No shouts posted yet. Be the first member to do so above!