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I heard Cal Tjader on the radio the other day, and today the Modern Jazz Quartet, both times digging on the vibraphone. I needed me a fix and I knew who I was going to look for. Lenny Hibbert, I knew I'd posted him before and I was surprised to find that the link was still good. Yee haw. 

Lennie Hibbert was one of Coxsone Dodd's session hires at Studio One, one of the most consistently great reggae labels in its day (the peak being the early sixties to late seventies). Hibbert was a vibes player, not an instrument that's barely audible on reggae recordings. But Dodd was into jazz and put out a few records by Hibbert. The two LPs I've heard are awesome. Some reggae, some a little more jazzy, and some a little funky. But it's all good and the unlikely juxtapositions of instruments works, It fills a void you didn't know existed.

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Listen: 
Lennie Hibbert - Creation, Full LP (streaming) at YouTube
Lennie Hibbert - Creation (via ADrive) at Ghost Capital Full LP zip with 12 individual mp3s. Go to Ghost Capital for the song list.

MORE YOU NEED THIS

For all six of you who liked the Lennie Hibbert Creation LP posted last week, here's the follow up, the imaginatively titled More Creation. There's a couple on this one that aren't quite as solid as the one posted last week, but you should get it now and sort any iffy ones out later, because the link may be dead if you sleep on it. Me? You could slap a Studio One label on dog shit and I'd still give it a shot, so I'm probably not the one to ask. Hey, I actually took the extra minute or two to track down some YouTube posts, so you'll know what you're getting yourself into. If I were you, I'd dig in.

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Listen:
Lennie Hibbert - Chinese Beauty (streaming) at YouTube
Lennie Hibbert - More Creation (streaming) at YouTube
Lennie Hibbert - Snow Bird (streaming) at YouTube
LP download:
Lennie Hibbert - More Creation LP at Ghost Capital Full LP zip with 12 individual mp3s. Download link right above song listing. NOTE: If the link at Ghost Capitol doesn't work, try here.
Lennie Hibbert - Creation The previous LP was posted last week.

YOU NEED THIS

Lennie Hibbert was a vibraphonist and frequent member of the Studio One house band, Sound Dimension. He did a few solo LP's on Studio One, Creation being the second, released in 1969. It's one of the best instrumental albums I've heard in the past thousand years, albeit with a preference for reggae, funk and.other ass shaking matters. It's not just straight reggae. There's some really funky stuff going on, close to jazz in some places, but this thing is piece of work. It's a groove goldmine. No kidding. I don't know how to say it otherwise. Don't sleep on this one.

  

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Listen:
Lennie Hibbert - Creation at Ghost Capital Full LP zip with 12 individual mp3s. Download link right above song listing. Quick two minute download.

NOTE: A couple people noted that the download link at Ghost Capitol didn't work for them, if so try clicking here. But do check out the post at Ghost Capitol for the song list.