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Words of Our Mouth, Meditations of Our Heart

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Celebrating the legendary studio musicians of Jamaican popular music through personal photographs and interviews

This is the first book devoted to the studio musicians who were central to Jamaica's popular-music explosion. With color portraits and interview excerpts, over 100 musical pioneers—such as Prince Buster, Robbie Shakespeare, Sly Dunbar, Lee "Scratch" Perry, and many of Bob Marley's early musical collaborators—provide new insights into the birth of Jamaican popular music in the recording studios of Kingston, Jamaica, in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. Includes a listening guide of selected songs.


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Publisher: Wesleyan University Press

Kindle Book

  • Release date: December 13, 2022

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  • ISBN: 9780819576040
  • File size: 46811 KB
  • Release date: December 13, 2022

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  • ISBN: 9780819576040
  • File size: 46988 KB
  • Release date: December 13, 2022

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Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
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English

Celebrating the legendary studio musicians of Jamaican popular music through personal photographs and interviews

This is the first book devoted to the studio musicians who were central to Jamaica's popular-music explosion. With color portraits and interview excerpts, over 100 musical pioneers—such as Prince Buster, Robbie Shakespeare, Sly Dunbar, Lee "Scratch" Perry, and many of Bob Marley's early musical collaborators—provide new insights into the birth of Jamaican popular music in the recording studios of Kingston, Jamaica, in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. Includes a listening guide of selected songs.


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