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The Best of Tommy McCook & The Skatalites

by Tommy McCook

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Exodus 02:43
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Adam's Apple 02:26
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Ska Ba 02:56
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Cow & Gate 02:51
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Trotting In 03:04
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Road Block 02:16
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Ska Legion 03:08
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Junior Jive 02:31
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The Answer 07:43

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The instrumental riffs do have a certain sameness over a full-length disc, which makes some of the more unusual covers ("Exodus," a wacky "Goldfinger") and minor-key melodies ("Freedom Sounds," "Ska Ba") standouts. "Wheel and Turn" has an irresistibly smoky lilt, enhanced by strange, barely audible strains of what sounds like violin in the background. There are also a couple of atypical cuts showing that McCook's versatility covered more than ska; "Jazz Walking" has a jazz-soul arrangement with organ, and the seven-minute "The Answer" is pretty straight-ahead jazz.

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released October 30, 2015

1999, 1999 Jamaica Recording & Publishing Studio Ltd. t/a Studio One

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Tommy McCook Jamaica

The leader of the legendary Skatalites, tenor saxophonist Tommy McCook was among the most innovative and influential Jamaican musicians of his generation, a prime catalyst behind the evolution and international popularity of ska and reggae.

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