Band Name: Don Drummond
Music Album: Jazz Ska Attack 1964
Album Release Date: April 1999
Music Genre: Reggae Ska
Record Label: Jet Set Records
Album Release Country: France
Music Record Type: 20 Tracks CD
Jamaican trombonist, born 1932, in Kingston, Jamacia - died May 6, 1969, in Kingston, Jamaica (presumed suicide). Drummond attended the famed Alpha Boys School in Kingston.
In 1964 Don Drummond was a founding member of the Skatalites.
In the Fall of 1965, Don Drummond's composition, "Man In The Street", enters the Top 10 in the UK. Trombonist Drummond is not only the Skatalites busiest composer, but the most prolific in all of Ska, with at least 200 tunes to his name by 1965. Later, in 1967, his adaptation of "The Guns of Navarone" netted Drummond another top 10 UK hit.
His peers and colleagues felt that Drummond was one of the top trombonists in the world.
His genius was only dimmed by his fragile mental condition. In January 1965, he killed his girlfriend, Anita 'Marguerita' Mahfood. He is later convicted and remanded to the Bellevue Asylum, where he died in 1969, aged only 37.
| 1 | Alipang | 3:05 |
| 2 | Thoroughfare | 2:53 |
| 3 | Burning Torch | 2:39 |
| 4 | Corner Stone | 2:23 |
| 5 | Musical Communion | 2:39 |
| 6 | Rocket Ship | 2:32 |
| 7 | Musical Storeroom | 2:23 |
| 8 | Don-De-Lion | 2:20 |
| 9 | Cool Smoke | 2:52 |
| 10 | Eastern Standard Time | 2:41 |
| 11 | Mesopotamia | 2:47 |
| 12 | Stampede | 2:37 |
| 13 | Silver Dollar | 2:58 |
| 14 | Knockout Punch | 3:13 |
| 15 | Dr. Dekker | 2:49 |
| 16 | Occupation | 2:58 |
| 17 | Garden Of Love | 3:06 |
| 18 | Feeling Fine | 2:56 |
| 19 | Street Corner | 3:02 |
| 20 | Don Drummond Memorial | 2:34 |
Sub titled: "20 Massive Killer Instrumentals From The Skatalites" (inlay inner) & "20 Massive Killer Instrumentals From The Greatest Jamaican Trombone Player" (inlay rear)
Issued in a standard jewel case with 4 page insert including extensive liner notes by Mike Atherton (Echoes Music Magazine).
℗ 1999 Culture Press & © 1999 Culture Press/Made in France Culture Press Distribution.
On inlay and insert:
All tracks written by Don Drummond and produced by Arthur 'Duke Reid' in 1964 for Treasure Isle Production under exclusive licence from Mrs Lucille Reid
Recording engineer Byron Smith of Treasure Isle Recording Studio; 33 Bond Street, Kingston, Jamaica.
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