Val Bennett
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- Val Bennett (Lovall Bennett) died 1991
- Val was a Jamaican tenor saxophonist and jazz and roots reggae musician who began his career in the 1940s. He made a number of releases on the Island Records and Crab Records labels [more] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_Bennett
- Jamaican tenor saxophonist who began his career in the 1940s. - https://www.discogs.com/ja/artist/439123-Val-Bennett
Uziah Thompson
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- Uziah Thompson aka Cool Sticky (1 August 1936 - 25 August 2014)
- Sticky was a Jamaican percussionist, vocalist and deejay active from the late 1950s. He worked with some of the best known performers of Jamaican music and played on hundreds of albums [more] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uziah_Thompson
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uziah_Thompson
U-Roy
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- U-Roy (Ewart Beckford, OD) aka Hugh Roy | 21 Sept 1942 - 17 Feb 2021
- U-Roy was a Jamaican vocalist and pioneer of toasting. He was known for a melodic style of toasting applied with a highly developed sense of timing.He suffered from diabetes, hypertension, and problems with his kidneys prior to his death, and had been undergoing surgery at the hospital. death was confirmed on 17 February 2021 [more] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toasting_(Jamaican_music)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-Roy
Tony Tuff
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- Category: Departed
- Tony Tuff (Winston Anthony Morris) aka Sugar Tony - 1 April 1955 - 20 April 2024
- Jamaican reggae singer and a member of the African Brothers (2) in the late 1960s and 1970s before embarking on a solo career. Tony Tuff died on 20 April 2024, at the age of 69 [more] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Tuff
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Tuff
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