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This might be totally pointless but I'm listening to Blood & Fire CD called "Tenor in roots" dedicated to Tommy McCook (great CD by the way).

Reading the booklet I realised that first, it's been exactly 10 years he's gone (5th may of 1998), so let's be this thread a "in memory of Tommy McCook thread" .

Second, I learned that he was born in Cuba.

The very same year 1927 on the same land, an other great artist came to earth : Laurel Aitken.

So my question is :
Which Jamaican artists are from Cuba ? We have already Tommy McCook, Laurel and Bobby (his bro) Aitken... can you drop other names ?

Think Roland Alphonso is from there as well. Drummonds wife...lots of people. Lots of movement amongst Jamaica/Bahamas/Cuba.

is rico from there?

Yes.

mi tink also Rita Marley

BLESS

Loads of movement and temporary work migration at the time.
The only "real" cuban is Laurel Aitken (who could speak spanish), the others were born there by chance and spent hardly anytime in Cuba. and never lived there.
Rico is jamaican. His real name is Enmanuel Rodriguez, parents from Boricua and Cuban (or was it Panama, can't remember now) origin. "Rico, do you speak spanish? No man, me only speak jamaican!"