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Albert "Bertie" King (Colon, Panama, June 19, 1912 – 1981) was a Jamaican jazz and mento musician who was a saxophonist.
King was born in Panama, and raised in Kingston, where he attended Alpha Boys' School; there he was taught by Sister Mary Ignatius Davis, a remarkable woman who nurtured the talents of many of the leading Jamaican musicians of the era. During the 1930s he led his own band, Bertie King and his Rhythm Aces, described at the time as "Jamaica's Foremost Dance Orchestra"….
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