BRASS WORSHIP

Royalty: Rico Rodriquez, Don Drummond, Carlos Malcolm

A few nights ago, after posting the J.B.'s I went on a trombone binge, thanks in no small part to Fred Wesley, the trombonist of said J.B.s. Because there's a general trombone ignorance on my part, I could only think of trombonists from reggae and ska, and even that list was short. The binge started with Don Drummond. Before I'd finished with him, I saw that Carlos Malcolm, ska OG and Jamaican musicologist, had posted a thing on Facebook that had an excerpt from his book, A Personal History of Post-War Jamaican Music: New Orleans Jazz, Blues to Reggae. A quick aside: If you at all serious about reggae music, even if you consider yourself schooled, it would behoove you to friend him on Facebook and soak up his knowledge, first hand knowledge. He answers questions, sometimes not about music but about life in general, and he sometimes quotes his book. The guy is walking history.

The excerpt that Malcolm posted was about trombonists in reggae, heavy on the Don Drummond and Rico Rodriquez. Between the three of them I had plenty to keep me out of trouble.

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Listen:
Carlos Malcolm - Ska-mania mp3 at Basement Rug
Don Drummond - Far East mp3 at Groove Addict
Don Drummond - Dewdrops mp3 at Groove Addict
Don Drummond - Alipang mp3 at Groove Addict
Video:
Carlos Malcolm - Short profile at YouTube