Re: [Harp-L] Harp in Jamaican music

[Arthur Jennings <timeistight@xxxxxxxxx>]

I haven't yet heard him myself, but I've heard good things about the
Melodica playing of reggae producer Augustus
Pablo<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Pablo>.
You might be able to adapt some of his stuff to the harmonica.

On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 10:21 AM, Niall Tracey
<internationiall@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

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> > Harp content: I played at a rally for a local Rastaman who is being
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> > persecuted for his lifestyle. I love playing harmonica with Reggae music.
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> The harmonica is an oft-overlooked part of Jamaican music.  As with in so
> many genres, it was all too quickly ditched as the "poor man's instrument"
> once the music started drawing in money, so all the reggae you tend to hear
> is sans harp.
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> I've been looking on the net, and while this article (
> http://jamminjasounds.blogspot.com/2007/05/harmonica-in-jamaican-music.html)
> makes a few recommendations. Of these, I've found the following on Spotify:
> Shi-cago (Dennis Bovell)
> There is Fire (Black Uhuru)
> Talkin Blues (Bob Marley and the Wailers)
> Street 66 (Linton Kwesi Johnson)
> Reggae Got Soul (Toots and the Maytals)
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> What other tracks or artists are worth looking out?
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