Count Ossie
Pictures
Listen to, buy or share
Buy
7digital
Juno
iTunes
Amazon
eBay
-
14,972
scrobbles
-
2,459 listeners
-
robroyjd is listening to Count Ossie – No Night In Zion
Scrobbling from foobar2000
Tags
Biography
Count Ossie, born Oswald Williams, (1926, St. Thomas, Jamaica-18 October 1976) was a Jamaican Rastafari movement drummer and band leader.
As a young boy he grew in a rasta community were he learned techniques of vocal chanting and hand drumming. In the late 1950s, he (with other percussionists) formed the Count Ossie Group. His first sound recordings were made after meeting Prince Buster. One of those was a song “Oh Carolina,” is regarded by some music historians as the first-ever ska record. During this period Count Ossie also recorded for Harry Mudie.
He formed a group called “Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari,” and during his life issused two albums that he recorded with them. His masterpiece was “Grounation” (Ashanti 1973), 3 LP set, which includes songs as “Oh Carolina”, “So Long”, and “Grounation” (the latter title with over 30 minutes running time).
Two years later “Tales Of Mozambique” (Dynamic 1975) was issued, continuing the legacy of the first album.
As a young boy he grew in a rasta community were he learned techniques of vocal chanting and hand drumming. In the late 1950s, he (with other percussionists) formed the Count Ossie Group. His first sound recordings were made after meeting Prince Buster. One of those was a song “Oh Carolina,” is regarded by some music historians as the first-ever ska record. During this period Count Ossie also recorded for Harry Mudie.
He formed a group called “Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari,” and during his life issused two albums that he recorded with them. His masterpiece was “Grounation” (Ashanti 1973), 3 LP set, which includes songs as “Oh Carolina”, “So Long”, and “Grounation” (the latter title with over 30 minutes running time).
Two years later “Tales Of Mozambique” (Dynamic 1975) was issued, continuing the legacy of the first album.
Top Tracks
Top Albums
-
Tales of Mozambique
780 listeners10 tracks
Released:
-
The Original Complete Groundation
11 listeners9 tracks
-
Grounation: Roots of Reggae, Volume 2
6 listeners6 tracks
-
Bongo Man a Come
0 listeners14 tracks
Released:
Listening Trend
2,459listeners all time
14,972scrobbles all time
Recent listeners trend:
Start scrobbling and track your listening history
Last.fm users scrobble the music they play in iTunes, Spotify, Rdio and over 200 other music players.
Create a Last.fm profileTop Listeners
-
twanoo
Top Listener -
dioumeuss
Top Listener -
ladiladiladi
Top Listener -
humanheads
Top Listener
