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I just wanted some recommendation on the best albums or compilations of jamaican jazz.

thank you

ERNEST RANGLIN: Below the Bassline on Island Jamaican Jazz label.

check out roland alphonso
tommy mccook
don drummond
vin gordon
jackie mittoo
cedric m brooks
all these fellows came from jazz roots.

i wish i could recommend some albums but i think the ones by these guys i have, i wouldn't categorize as jazz compared to the rest in my jazz collection

In the same series as the above mentioned Ernest Ranglin, look for:

Dean Fraser, Big Up
Monty Alexander, Yard Movement
Skatalites, Ball of Fire
Ernest Ranglin, Barber Mack

Great sound and nice vibes through and through.

Also, Rico (Rodriguez) Man from Wareika, and dub companion Wareika Dub, reissues on Island Japan.

Reggae au go Jazz from Studio One with some good brass improvisation on classic riddims.And Monty Alexander's ReggaeJazz projects with and without Ernest Ranglin.And Cedric"IM"Brooks has some deep jazz roots,but as super ape said,a lot of jazz in Jamaica can't be pigeonholed.

Jazz albums from Studio One:
Celcil Lloyd = I cover the water front and Live at Penthous.

And there is more from the early days still now.
Jazz music is a part of the foundation of Jamaiacan music.

Earl albums by Ernst Ranglin , Monty Alexander , Sonny Bradshaw ,Joe Harriott , Dizzy Reece , Winston Gaynair some of them have made albums on Blue Note records what more can i say.

Search and you will find Jamaican Jazz.

Check this from the Roots Archive:
http://www.roots-archives.com/forum/rea ... #msg-22679

Lion

There's an album called Jazz Jamaica on ND. Both Lennie Hibberts, 3 Light of Saba's, Cedric Brooks Africa LP...

thanks to all

Lion wrote:Celcil Lloyd = I cover the water front
Lion

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