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My America

Label: Unknown label
Released: 2010

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Label: Telarc Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Don't Fence Me In 2. Straighten Up and Fly Right 3. Love and Happiness 4. Rockin' in Riddim 5. Mack the Knife 6. Summer Wind 7. Honky Tonk 8. Hallelujah I Love Her So 9. Sex Machine (Soul/Yard Meeting) 10. Sexual Healing 11. River Rolls On 12. Battle Hymn of the Republic (Glory Hallelujah)

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Monty Alexander: My America

by AAJ Staff
January 17, 2003

What does it mean to be an American? For Jamaican-born pianist Monty Alexander, it means one thing – music. Yet within that one thing lies an impressive diversity which Alexander tackles...impressively. These tunes range from pop standards like Kurt Weill’s “Mack the Kinife" and Nat Cole’s “Straighten Up and Fly Right" (sung by Nat’s son Freddy) ...

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My America

By Monty Alexander

Label: Telarc Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: Don

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Monty Alexander: My America

Read "My America" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
August 1, 2002

I want to go back to the Islands... Monty Alexander is the Jamaican Gene Harris. Both play with a dual-fisted, churchy style. Where Harris is the pinnacle of blues piano, Alexander rules the Caribbean rhythms. These rhythms and flavors he infuses into every piece on his new release, My America. This is an interesting collection that ...