Oswald "Ossie" Hibbert (16 January 1951 – 1 July 2012) was a

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n organist, keyboard player and record producer.

Biography

Hibbert began to be active in Jamaican music in the mid-1970s, working as a keyboard player as part of

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and

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, and playing on dozens of albums by artists such as

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, Jimmy London,

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. He recorded two albums in the 1970s, ''Crueshal Dub'' (1976) and ''Satisfaction in Dub'' (1978), and in the late 1970s began working as a producer of other artists at

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,Barrow, Steve, & Peter Dalton (2004) ''The Rough Guide to Reggae, 3rd edn.'',

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, , pp. 156, 229. his album productions including ''Gregory Isaacs Meets Ronnie Davis'', ''Mr. Issacs'' (Gregory Isaacs), ''Creation'' (

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), ''Cocaine In My Brain'' (

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), and ''Earthquake Dub''. He opened his own Ossie Hibbert Productions company in the 1980s and worked with artists such as Gregory Isaacs,

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, and Pat Kelly.Moskowitz, David V. (2006) ''Caribbean Popular Music: an Encyclopedia of Reggae, Mento, Ska, Rock Steady, and Dancehall'', Greenwood Press, , pp. 135-136. Still active in the 2000s, his recent credits include production work for

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, and

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Death

Hibbert died in New York on 1 July 2012 of a heart attack.

Discography

*''Crueshal Dub'' (1976), Earthquake *''Satisfaction In Dub'' (1978), Live & Love - credited to Ossie Hibbert & the Revolutionaries *''Leggo Dub'' (2005), Hotpot

References

External links

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