Jamaican jazz-reggae innovators two of the best

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Jamaican jazz-reggae innovators two of the best

31.03.05

Guitarist Ernest Ranglin and pianist Monty Alexander may not have invented jazz-reggae but these two Jamaican-born musicians are certainly innovators in their fields and bring something special to the cross-over of the styles.

Ranglin is widely credited with being the man who invented reggae’s predecessor ska, and brought it to wide acceptance when he produced the hit My Boy Lollipop for Millie Small in ‘64. And in a rich musical career, 60-year-old Alexander has played alongside Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Dizzy Gillespie and Judy Garland, and back in the early 60s was a regular at the New York hangout of Sinatra’s Rat Pack, the club owned by Jilly Rizzo.

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