Various - Jazz in Jamaica - The Coolest Cats From The Alpha Boys School LP

Description:
Compiled on this LP are rare gems produced between 1959 and 1962 by Jamaican jazz heavyweights such as Tommy McCook, Don Drummond, Ernest Rangling, Lennie Hibbert, Cecil Lloyd and others. This is highly swinging music inspired by the black American tradition with a unique and inevitable Caribbean flavour. All the featured musicians emerged from the Alpha Boys School in Kingston, where young boys from the poor neighborhoods could embrace an instrument. Some of these kids became influential musicians in the history of Jamaican jazz, ska and reggae.
Format & package: LP
Record Label: Honeypie
Year of release: 2021 (compilation)
Tracks:
A1 Wilton Gaynair - Rhythm
A2 Lance Hayward feat. Totlyn Jackson - Old Devil Moon
A3 The Eric Grant Orchestra - Let’s Fall In Love
A4 Cecil Lloyd - St. Thomas
A5 Lennie Hibbert - I Love Paris
A6 Ernest Ranglin - Exodus
B1 Cecil Lloyd Group - I’ll Remember April
B2 The Workshop feat. Don Drummond - It Happens
B3 The Workshop feat. Tommy McCook - The Answer