Jackie Mittoo   RIDES ON 12 Track Vinyl LP

Description Jackie Mittoo   RIDES ON 12 Track Vinyl LP Birth Name Roy Donat Mittoo Jackie Mittoo, organ and piano maestro, was also one of the founding members of Jamaica’s top session band The Skatalites. Musical arranger for Studio One he provided the backbone to so many of Jamaica’s finest tunes. The invention of Ska music and the sounds that rode through the Rocksteady and Reggae period all carry his stamp. Whether it be in his various incarnations, the aforementioned Skatalites. The Soul Brothers Vendors and the Sound Dimension or under his name, his distinctive organ and piano sound and musical arrangements have all played a major part in Jamaica’s musical history.    Jackie was born March 3rd 1948 in Brown’s Town, in the Parish of St. Ann, Jamaica and died December 16th 1990 at Wellesley Hospital, Toronto, Canada. He first began playing professionally at the age of thirteen with various bands such as The Rivals and The Sheiks and it was around this time that he started hanging out at Federal Studios and playing with the cream of Jamaican’s musicians who from June, 1964 would become known as the Skatalites. In 1959 Clement ‘Coxsone’ Dodd was recording artists at Federal Studios when he came into contact with Jackie Mittoo. Dodd was so impressed that he asked Jackie to run the sessions at his new studio at 13 Brentford Road in Kingston when it opened in 1963. Jackie Mittoo   RIDES ON 12 Track Vinyl LP LP     Tracklist Side A 01     Jah Jah Harmony          02     Natty Congo Rides On          03     Soulful Times     04     Jumping Up        05     Freedom Smile   06     Taking You Somewhere       Side B 01     Nanny Skank      02     Look At Life       03     Hard Times         04     Pray To Play       05     Too Bad Bull      06     No Get Dub Over Credits Alto Saxophone – Lennox Brown Bass – Aston “Family Man” Barrett, Lloyd Parks, Robbie Shakespeare Drums – Carlton “Santa” Davis, Carlton Barrett, Sly Dunbar Lead Guitar – Earl “Chinna” Smith Organ, Keyboards, Piano – Jackie Mittoo Photography by – Bunny Lee, Jah Floyd Archive Piano – Ansel Collins Producer – Bunny Lee Rhythm Guitar – Winston “Bo Beep”*, Tony Chin Tenor Saxophone – Tommy McCook Trombone – Vin Gordon Trumpet – Bobby Ellis Design – Gary-Designed At – Voodoo London   Recorded At – Channel One Recording Studio Recorded At – Randy’s Studio Recorded At – Dynamic Sounds Studios