There's always been a healthy symbiosis between American & Jamaican music, with American R&B & jazz ringing out from the island's sound systems before reggae was even a thing. Today JA's producers are mostly eyeing the Billboard 100, but fifty years ago certain Jamaican musicians were kicking back to Davis, Lateef, Mayfield, Booker T & incorporating the vibes & licks they were soaking up into their Caribbean take on black music.
As a jazz saxophonist and long time reggae afficiando, you couldn't ask for a better man than Nat Birchall to explore that fertile music period & respectfully entwine those sounds fifty years later, a task he obviously relished. Make sure you dig out his other reggae LPs if you're feeling the vibe.
Playlist Companion.
For more deep reggae vibes head over to the Slow Dub Playlist.
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