The story
American three-time Grammy winning jazz guitarist.
Born May 22, 1955 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Alford began his care as a guitarist for gospel quartets, including and , and went on to become one of the secret weapons of the neo-soul movement, lending not only his musical skills, but spiritual guidance to albums by , , and . One of Alford’s final projects was “141253” by the soul singer , which was produced by the Roots’ drummer .
Alford died March 24, 2008, at the age of 52, in Huntsville, Alabama after a long battle with diabetes.
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