Ferdinand "Bobby Little Bra" Gaynair is a

saxophone The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed on a mouthpiece vibrates to pr ...

player from Jamaica who now lives in

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. He was born in East Kingston in the 1920s. He received an Order of Distinction. He was part of the

Alpha Boys School Alpha Cottage School (often referred to as Alpha Boys School, Convent of Mercy "Alpha" Academy and now called Alpha Institute) was the name of the vocational residential school on South Camp Road in Kingston, Jamaica, still run by Roman Catholic ...

. He played and recorded with various musicians including Count Ossie. Gaynair married and moved to Canada. His older brother

Wilton Gaynair Wilton "Bogey" Gaynair (11 January 1927 – 13 February 1995) was a Jamaican-born jazz musician, whose primary instrument was the tenor saxophone. "Blue Bogey", "Kingston Bypass" "Debra", and "Wilton Mood" are among his better known songs. Life ...

was also a musician. He said he dated

rhumba Rhumba, also known as ballroom rumba, is a genre of ballroom music and dance that appeared in the East Coast of the United States during the 1930s. It combined American big band music with Afro-Cuban rhythms, primarily the son cubano, but also co ...

dancer Margarita Mahfood before Don Drummond dated her. He performed regularly with Drummond and the

Skatalites The Skatalites are a ska band from Jamaica. They played initially between 1963 and 1965, and recorded many of their best known songs in the period, including " Guns of Navarone." They also played on records by Prince Buster and backed many othe ...

. He lives in

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. In the summer of 2002 he performed with the Legends of Ska, a reunion of Ska musicians.

Discography

*"Come Together"

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gaynair, Ferdinand Jamaican musicians Year of birth missing (living people) Saxophonists Living people 1920s births People educated at Alpha Boys School