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Monty Alexander performs during the 50th Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland, June 30,
2016. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File
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By Nelson A. King
The Westchester Reggae Experience,
which was sidelined because
of the COVID-19 pandemic, is back
on schedule with a highly anticipated
performance by Jamaican
Jazz legend, Monty Alexander, slated
for Thanksgiving Friday, Nov.
26, at Tarrytown Music Hall in
Tarrytown.
The event was successfully
launched in 2019 at the Capitol
Theatre in Portchester, New
York with performances by Reggae
Queen Marcia Griffiths, Judy
Mowatt, the International Women
In Reggae (IWIR) and the legendary
Ken Boothe, backed by Derrick
Barnett and his Statement
band.
Event executive Andrea Bullens
told Caribbean Life on that Alexander
will return to the stage in New
York, with his Harlem-Kingston
Express, which brings together
musicians versed in both reggae
and jazz.
“To get back on stage is like getting
back in the saddle,” Alexander
said. “It feels so natural, because
that’s where I live, on a bandstand,
bringing music to the people.”
Bullens said Alexander is
renowned as an upper echelon
master of the swinging piano trio
function, “as he has demonstrated
with several top-shelf groups,
including iconic units with bassist
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Jamaican singer, Sean Paul. Sean Paul
By Nelson A. King
Multi-award-winning and Billboard
chart topping, international recording
artist Sean Paul has been nominated
Best Reggae Act for the 2021 MOBO
Awards.
On the heels of his recently released
chart topping single, “Dynamite,” fea-
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By Caribbean Life
Award winning, Jamaican born couturier
Raxann Chin has just completed
her latest major assignment as costume
designer on the new Disney short film
“Keeping Up With The Claus,” scheduled
for release across several major platforms
next month in time for the Christmas
holidays.
Described as “a holiday family film with
a twist,” the production features veteran
actress Margaret Ladd- best known for
her major role as Emma Channing in the
long-running nighttime soap opera Falcon
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Sean Paul nabs
MOBO Award
nomination for
Best Reggae Act
Jamaican designs
costumes for
new Disney film
THANKSGIVING
JAZZ
Jamaican Jazz Pianist to perform on Thanksgiving Friday
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