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Monty Alexander

1944 - Today

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Montgomery Bernard "Monty" Alexander OJ CD (born 6 June 1944) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Monty Alexander has received more than 283,046 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Monty Alexander is the 1,389th most popular musician (down from 1,266th in 2019), the 37th most popular biography from Jamaica (down from 33rd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Jamaican Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 280k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Monty Alexander ranks 1,389 out of 3,175. Before him are Edgar Winter, Curtis Fuller, Joe Sample, Gary Rossington, Mary Lou Williams, and Steve Miller. After him are Ron Geesin, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Geddy Lee, Bruce Johnston, Jörg Michael, and Gary Wright.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Monty Alexander ranks 483. Before him are John Kay, John Onaiyekan, José Manuel García-Margallo, Richard Gant, Fausta Morganti, and Nelson Prudêncio. After him are Charles W. Juels, Oswald Gracias, Roger Dean, Seán Patrick O'Malley, José Luis Garci, and István Géczi.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Monty Alexander ranks 37 out of 189. Before him are Prince Buster (1938), John Barnes (1963), Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (1986), George Rhoden (1926), Portia Simpson-Miller (1945), and Raheem Sterling (1994). After him are Don Quarrie (1951), Carl Douglas (1942), King Tubby (1941), Errol Brown (1948), Ziggy Marley (1968), and Gregory Isaacs (1951).

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Among MUSICIANS In Jamaica

Among musicians born in Jamaica, Monty Alexander ranks 8. Before him are Peter Tosh (1944), Lee "Scratch" Perry (1936), Desmond Dekker (1941), Sean Paul (1973), DJ Kool Herc (1955), and Prince Buster (1938). After him are King Tubby (1941), Ziggy Marley (1968), Horace Andy (1951), Damian Marley (1978), Augustus Pablo (1954), and John Holt (1947).

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