Nat Birchall - DIMENSION OF THE DRUMS / Roots Reggae Instrumentals (Self Release)

There's always been a healthy symbiosis between American & Jamaican music, with American R&B & jazz ringing out from the island's sound systems before reggae was even a thing. Today JA's producers are mostly eyeing the Billboard 100, but fifty years ago certain Jamaican musicians were kicking back to Davis, Lateef, Mayfield, Booker T & incorporating the vibes & licks they were soaking up into their Caribbean take on black music.

As a jazz saxophonist and long time reggae afficiando, you couldn't ask for a better man than Nat Birchall to explore that fertile music period & respectfully entwine those sounds fifty years later, a task he obviously relished. Make sure you dig out his other reggae LPs if you're feeling the vibe.

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