Roots to the Bone
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Roots to the Bone was issued in 1995 by Island Records
as an extended reissue of Rico Rodriguez'
most important album, Man from Wareika
, with some 12" sides from the late 1970s.
Rico was musically very active during that time playing in Europe as well as in Japan. He just had releases with Jazz Jamaica
and continued with his own recordings he had produced in Japan during 1994/1995. At the same time Trojan re-released his 1969 LPs, Blow Your Horn and Brixton Cat, while Island used its Reggae Refreshers series to present Rico on this album, Roots to the Bone.
The liner notes have been written by Steve Barrow
as a brief history of Rico's career that lasted for half a century just as long as the development of Jamaican music as one "of the world's great popular musics". He concludes: "as one of its original creators, he has used his trombone to sing the songs of King Alpha as convincingly as any vocalist."
Engineers: Dick Cuthell, Terry Barnham, Godwin Logie, Paul "Groucho" Smykle, Errol T, Karl Pitterson
Cover by Intro
Island Records
Island Records is a record label that was founded by Chris Blackwell in Jamaica. It was based in the United Kingdom for many years and is now owned by Universal Music Group...
as an extended reissue of Rico Rodriguez'
Rico Rodriguez
Rico Rodriguez MBE , also known as Reco or El Reco, is a ska and reggae trombonist. He has recorded with many producers, including Karl Pitterson, Prince Buster, and Lloyd 'Matador' Daley...
most important album, Man from Wareika
Man From Wareika
Man From Wareika was the first album recording for Rico Rodriguez led by his own artistic imagination, and his first recording created for album release...
, with some 12" sides from the late 1970s.
Rico was musically very active during that time playing in Europe as well as in Japan. He just had releases with Jazz Jamaica
Jazz Jamaica
Jazz Jamaica is a jazz/reggae music group formed by musician Gary Crosby in London.-History:In 1991, inspired by the rhythms of traditional Jamaican music and the largely improvisational nature of jazz, original Jazz Warrior, jazz double bassist, and nephew of veteran Jamaican guitarist Ernest...
and continued with his own recordings he had produced in Japan during 1994/1995. At the same time Trojan re-released his 1969 LPs, Blow Your Horn and Brixton Cat, while Island used its Reggae Refreshers series to present Rico on this album, Roots to the Bone.
The liner notes have been written by Steve Barrow
Steve Barrow
Steve Barrow is a British reggae historian, writer and producer.In 1993 he co-founded Blood and Fire, a UK based record label specialized in reissuing older Jamaican music...
as a brief history of Rico's career that lasted for half a century just as long as the development of Jamaican music as one "of the world's great popular musics". He concludes: "as one of its original creators, he has used his trombone to sing the songs of King Alpha as convincingly as any vocalist."
Track listing
All tracks written by Rico Rodriguez; except Track 1 written by C. Mangione, Track 4, written by P. Desmond- "Children of Sanchez"
- "Midnight in Ethiopia"
- "Free Ganja"
- "Take Five"
- "No Politician"
- "Firestick"
- "This Day"
- "Ramble"
- "Lumumba"
- "Africa"
- "Man From Wareika"
- "Over The Mountain"
- "Dial Africa"
Credits
Produced by Karl Pitterson except track 1 produced by Dennis Bovell, track 2 prod. by Rico, tracks 3,4 and 12 prod. by Dick Cuthell, track 7 co-produced by Dick CuthellEngineers: Dick Cuthell, Terry Barnham, Godwin Logie, Paul "Groucho" Smykle, Errol T, Karl Pitterson
Cover by Intro