Here the legendary Jamaican tenor sax man returns to his jazz roots (he was as a teenager a member of the Sonny Bradshaw Seven, before forming the Rass Brass reggae horn section in 1977). On this tune, recorded in late 1996, piano is by John Williams, and there are two drummers - Idris Muhammad in the right hand speaker and Sly Dunbar in the left.The tune itself was recorded by the Mighty Diamo...
Saxophonist Dean Fraser's remarkable jazz/reggae set "Big Up" has been featured here before. On this track, he takes on the late seventies dancehall killer "Shine Eye Gal", with upright bass, piano and two stellar drummers. Your left ear should be closer to Sly Dunbar, while your right is favoured with the drums of Lou Donaldson's funky sideman (and all round jazz-funk veteran, with a fair numb...
