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2. Music of Jamaica - Wikipedia

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   The music of Jamaica includes Jamaican folk music and many popular genres, such as mento, ska, rocksteady, reggae, dub music, dancehall, reggae fusion and related styles. Reggae is especially popular through the fame of Bob Marley. Jamaican music's influence on music styles in other countries includes the practice of toasting, which was brought ...

3. The Congos - Wikipedia

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   The Congos are a reggae vocal group from Jamaica which formed as the duo "Ashanti" Roy Johnson (tenor) (b. Roydel Johnson, 1947, Hanover, Jamaica) and Cedric Myton (falsetto) (b. 1947, Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica), later becoming a trio with the addition of Watty Burnett (baritone) (b. early 1950s, Port Antonio, Jamaica), [1] [2] and have been active on and off from the mid-1970s until the ...

4. Blue Beat Records - Wikipedia

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   The Blue Beat label was founded in 1960, [1] in London, as an imprint of Emil E. Shalit 's Melodisc Records. [2][3] Melodisc, which was founded in London in 1947, specialised in releasing calypso and mento and imported American jazz music. The Blue Beat label focused on American-influenced Jamaican blues and R&B, which later evolved into ska ...

5. Trinity (musician) - Wikipedia

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   9 April 2021 (2021-04-09) (aged 67) Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica. Genres. Reggae, dancehall. Instrument. Vocals. Years active. 1970s–2021. Trinitya.k.a.Junior Brammer (born Wade Brammer, 1954 – 9 April 2021) [ 1 ][ 2 ] was a Jamaican reggae deejay and producer, whose career began in the mid-1970s and continued into the 1990s.

6. Dean Fraser - Wikipedia

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   Dean Fraser. Dean Ivanhoe Fraser (sometimes appearing as Dean Frazer; born 4 August 1957) [1] is a Jamaican saxophonist who has contributed to hundreds of reggae recordings since the mid-1970s. He was awarded the Musgrave Medal by the Jamaican government in 1993 in recognition of his services to music. [2]

7. Jamaican folk music - Wikipedia

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   Among the best known Jamaican folk songs are "Day-O (Banana Boat Song)", "Jamaica Farewell" (Iron Bar), and "Linstead Market". The first two of these were popularized by Harry Belafonte. The third has come a long way since its appearance among Jekyll's 108 Jamaican folk songs. Not only has "Linstead Market" been arranged for solo voice and ...