# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/roland-alphonso
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:36:41.515Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/roland-alphonso"
name: "Roland Alphonso"
slug: "roland-alphonso"
description: "Roland Alphonso OD or Rolando Alphonso a.k.a. \"The Chief Musician\" was a Jamaican tenor saxophonist, and one of the founding members of the Skatalites."
tagline: "Ska musician (1931-1998)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1931-01-12"
deathDate: "1998-11-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.3
  momentum:             8.000000000000002
  historical:           10.28545866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2633370/"
    handle:    "nm2633370"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/167557"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF_%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88"
    title: "رولاند ألفونسو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88"
    title: "رولاند الفونسو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Alphonso"
    title: "Roland Alphonso"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Alphonso"
    title: "Roland Alphonso"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Alphonso"
    title: "Roland Alphonso"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Alphonso"
    title: "Roland Alphonso"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolando_Alphonso"
    title: "Rolando Alphonso"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BD"
    title: "ローランド・アルフォンソ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Alphonso"
    title: "Roland Alphonso"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Alphonso"
    title: "Roland Alphonso"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/dc340029-a165-4139-a80e-e1cae33b37b9"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1972432"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump