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Glaze Mento Ban has new recording with Toots Hibbert
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The Blue Glaze Mento Band, which was founded more than 40 years ago, has a new recording called ‘We will Wait’ featuring Toots Hibbert, Stranger Cole and Bunny Wailer.
The group has long been considered one of Jamaica's finest Mento Bands but developed a somewhat more contemporary sound in the last decade having backed up reggae singer Stanley Beckford for two records and a European tour.
In their latest recording, Blue Glaze Mento Band features much vocal versatility, particularly from singer Vernal Morgan, veteran of both Duke Reid and Ms. Pottinger's studios in the sixties.
Yet there are original recordings from two other band menbers, as well as guest appearances from Stranger Cole, Toots Hibbert and Bunny Wailer.
Adding to the Wailers connection are Sticky Thompson (percussion) and Lee Jaffe (harmonica).
Noted music producer Roger Steffens, who is best known for his reggae achieves said "for all those wondering where the bawdy lyrical bents and sociological explorations of Jamaican music originated, this wonderful collection of mento-era updates, anchored timelessly by some of its foundation artists, will answer your questions. Toots Hibbert and Bunny Wailer reveal their indebtedness to the pre-reggae roots music of Jamaica's country folk, mourning their dead, praising their maker and laughing at the humorous folly of man's sexual pecadillos."
"A refreshing surprise and important addition to the canon," he added
Toots Hibbert The Blue Glaze Mento Band, which was founded more than 40 years ago, has a new recording called ‘We will Wait’ featuring Toots Hibbert, Stranger Cole and Bunny Wailer.
The group has long been considered one of Jamaica's finest Mento Bands but developed a somewhat more contemporary sound in the last decade having backed up reggae singer Stanley Beckford for two records and a European tour.
In their latest recording, Blue Glaze Mento Band features much vocal versatility, particularly from singer Vernal Morgan, veteran of both Duke Reid and Ms. Pottinger's studios in the sixties.
Yet there are original recordings from two other band menbers, as well as guest appearances from Stranger Cole, Toots Hibbert and Bunny Wailer.
Adding to the Wailers connection are Sticky Thompson (percussion) and Lee Jaffe (harmonica).
Noted music producer Roger Steffens, who is best known for his reggae achieves said "for all those wondering where the bawdy lyrical bents and sociological explorations of Jamaican music originated, this wonderful collection of mento-era updates, anchored timelessly by some of its foundation artists, will answer your questions. Toots Hibbert and Bunny Wailer reveal their indebtedness to the pre-reggae roots music of Jamaica's country folk, mourning their dead, praising their maker and laughing at the humorous folly of man's sexual pecadillos."
"A refreshing surprise and important addition to the canon," he added
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