Rico

• GOLD COLOURED VINYL

• 180gram heavyweight vinyl

Man From Wareika' was the first album recording for Rico Rodriguez led by his own artistic imagination, not to mention the only roots reggae album to be released on Blue Note Records in the USA.

After 15 years Rodriguez returned for the first time to Jamaica. He had left the country in 1961 when he was already heavily involved in creating the then new ska sound. In 1976 he added something new to reggae music. The nine self-composed tracks on the album offer intense Jamaican rhythms with seriously horn lines more linked to the jazz heritage. The trombonist album was released on Island Records in 1976 for the UK market and soon labeled as a revolutionary step forward.

PERSONNEL:

• Herman Marquis, Ray Allen - (alto sax)
• George Lee, Dirty Harry - (tenor sax)
• Bobby Ellis, Viv Talent Hall - (trumpet)
• Dick Cuthell - (flugelhorn)
• Rico - (trombone)
• Sly Dunba - (drums)
• Ras Robbie Shakespeare, Bunny Mckenzei - (bass)
• Duggie Bryan, Karl Pitterson - (guitar)
• Lloyd Parkes, Phillip Chahen - (rhythm guitar)
• Touter Harvey, Ansel Collins, Tarzan Nelson - (keyboards)

Recorded in Kingston, Jamaica, September, 1976

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. This Day
• A2. Ramble
• A3. Lumumba
• A4. Africa

• SIDE B
• B1. Man From Wareika
• B2. Rasta
• B3. Over The Mountain
• B4. Gunga Din
• B5. Dial Africa