PRINCE FAR I
Michael James Williams, better known as the dejay Prince Far I, started his recording career in the late sixties, when he cut “The Great Booga Wooga: for Bunny ‘Striker’ Lee.
JUSTIN HINDS
Distinctive vocalist and one of Jamaica’s most talented songwriters, Justin Hinds, is probably best known as the leader of the Dominoes. They were one of the first Rasta-inspired vocal groups who emerged in the ska days.
JOE HIGGS
Jamaican singer Joe Higgs, known as “The Father of Reggae Music”, was one of the first local recording artists in Jamaica. His debut single, made with partner Roy Wilson, as the duo Higgs & Wilson, was “Oh Manny Oh,” and sold over 50,000 copies in Jamaica in the 1960s.
BLUES BUSTERS
The Blues Busters were a Jamaican vocal due formed in 1960, comprising Philip James and Lloyd Campbell. They were native to Montego Bay.
COUNT OSSIE
Born, Oswald Williams, Count Ossie grew up in a Rasta community, where he learned to master the techniques of vocal chanting and hand drumming.
DESMOND DEKKER
Born Desmond Adolphus Dacres in St. Andrew, Jamaica. He grew up in Kingston. Together with his backing group, The Aces, Wilson James and Easton Barrington Howard, he had one of the first international Jamaican hits with ‘Israelites.’
JOE HARRIOTT
Harriott contracted tuberculosis in 1958 and spent six months recuperating in hospital. It was there that he began to develop his new approach to music that he called ‘free form’.
TOMMY McCOOK
Tommy was a Jamaican saxophonist. A founding member of The Skatalites, he also directed the Supersonics for Duke Reid, and backed many sessions for Bunny Lee and with the Revolutionaries at Channel One Studios in the 1970s.
ROLAND ALPHANSO
Roland Alphonso aka The Chief Musician from Havana, Cuba. He was a Jamaican tenor saxophonist.
Don Drummond
Don Drummond was a famous ska trombonist and composer, and also one of the original members of the Skatalites.