Format: 2LP Label: Soul Jazz Records Year: 2025 Media Condition: New Sleeve/Cover Condition: New TRACKS: A1 Jackie Mittoo: Melody Maker A2 The Soul Vendors: Full Range A3 Jackie Mittoo: Ghetto Organ A4 Jackie Mittoo: Toronto Express B1 Jackie Mittoo: Black Out B2 Jackie Mittoo: Fireball Rock B3 Jackie Mittoo: Tropic Island B4 Jackie Mittoo: Sure Soul B5 Jackie Mittoo: Taste Of Soul C1 Jackie Mittoo & Sound Dimension: Soul Stew C2 Jackie Mittoo: Reggae Magic C3 Jackie Mittoo & Ernest Ranglin: West Of The Sun C4 The Skatalites: Hanging Tree D1 Jackie Mittoo: Peenie Wallie D2 Sound Dimension: Walk Don't Run D3 Jackie Mittoo & The Soul Vendors: Ba Ba Boom D4 Jackie Mittoo: Dark Of The Moon D5 Jackie Mittoo: Full Charge Recordings ca. 1967-1974. ‘Reggae Magic’ is a new collection from the great Jackie Mittoo. Mittoo’s solo career began when The Skatalites disbanded in 1965. He began pushing new musical boundaries, creating a uniquely identifiable organ-led funky reggae sound that owed as much to Booker T and The MGs, Jimmy Smith, Stax and Motown as to the post-ska and emergent rocksteady island rhythms of Kingston. His solo work at the legendary Studio One spanned seven albums and hundreds of singles. Aside from producer and founder Clement ‘Sir Coxsone’ Dodd, it’s hard to think of anyone more central to the sound and success of Studio One than Mittoo; keyboard player extraordinaire, songwriter, arranger, musician, truly the Keyboard King at Studio One. Jackie Mittoo had been the youngest founding member of The Skatalites (at age 16), and went on to become leader of the three pivotal groups at Studio One – The Soul Brothers, The Soul Vendors and Sound Dimension. He also became musical director for Studio One, helping create not just timeless instrumentals, but hits for singers Ken Boothe, Bob Andy, The Wailers, John Holt, Delroy Wilson and more. All of them became the basis for countless reggae songs through the decades, giving Mittoo's influence an unsurpassed longevity.
