Jah Jerry
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- Category: Departed
- Jah Jerry Haynes (Jerome Haynes, O.D) - 11 Aug 1921 - 13 Aug 2007
- Jah Jerry
- Jah Jerry was a Jamaican guitarist and former member of The Skatalites. Born in Trench Town, he learned to play guitar from early years by his father and then by Ernest Ranglin. In 1949 he played with the Jocelyn Trott Orchestra in Montego Bay. [more] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jah_Jerry_Haynes
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jah_Jerry_Haynes
Val Bennett
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- Val Bennett (Lovall Bennett) died 1991
- Val Bennett
- 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)
- Uziah Thompson
- 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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- Category: Departed
- U-Roy (Ewart Beckford, OD) aka Hugh Roy | 21 Sept 1942 - 17 Feb 2021
- U-Roy
- 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
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