Pablove Black (born Paul Anthony Dixon, 24 October 1950) is a Jamaican
reggae
Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, " Do the Reggay" was the first popular song to use ...
musician (keyboards and
steel drums
The steelpan (also known as a pan, steel drum, and sometimes, collectively with other musicians, as a steelband or steel orchestra) is a musical instrument originating in Trinidad and Tobago. Steelpan musicians are called pannists.
Descriptio ...
), arranger, composer, bandleader, vocalist and producer.
Biography
Pablove started playing piano and steel drums in the mid-1960s and, within six months, made his first television appearance with Pan Master, Kelvin Hart and the all Trinidadian Federal All Star Steel Band. By 1968 he was a member of the UWI Carnival Champions, The Wanderers.
In 1971, Pablove, already exposed to the roots music of 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 ...
, joined the
Studio One crew and, under the watchful eyes of record producer
Clement "Sir Coxsone" Dodd and jazz musicians
Jackie Mittoo
Donat Roy Mittoo (3 March 1948 – 16 December 1990), better known as Jackie Mittoo, was a Jamaican-Canadian keyboardist, songwriter and musical director. He was a member of The Skatalites and musical director of the Studio One record label.
...
(keyboards),
Ernest Ranglin
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(guitar), and
Roland Alphonso
Roland Alphonso OD or Rolando Alphonso "The Chief Musician" (12 January 1931 – 20 November 1998)Thompson, p. 262 was a Jamaican tenor saxophonist, and one of the founding members of the Skatalites.
Biography
Born in Havana, Cuba, Alphonso c ...
(saxophone), made invaluable contributions playing keyboards, arranging music and doing background vocals with
Earl "Bagga" Walker and the Soul Defenders for artists including
Dennis Brown
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,
Burning Spear
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,
Marcia Griffiths
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Biography
Born in West Kingst ...
,
Freddie McGregor
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Biography
In 1963 he joined with Ernest Wilson and Peter Austin to form The Cl ...
, and
Johnny Osbourne
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. Pablove also worked at
the Black Ark
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Studios of
Lee Perry where he collaborated on products for
Little Roy
Little Roy (born Earl Lowe in Witfield Town, Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican reggae artist.Bush, NathanLittle Roy Biography, AllMusic, retrieved 2011-02-14
Biography
Little Roy began his career at the age of 12 years in 1965 recording a few ...
(Tribal War), and
Junior Byles
Kenneth Byles (born 2 February 1948 in Kingston, Jamaica), also known as "Junior Byles", "Chubby", or "King Chubby", is a Jamaican reggae singer.Thompson, Dave (2002), ''Reggae & Caribbean Music'', Backbeat Books,
Biography
The Versatiles
Nam ...
(Curly Locks), along with Junior Dan (bass) and Benbow (drums).
Since then he has travelled the world with
Jimmy Cliff
James Chambers OM (born 30 July 1944), known professionally as Jimmy Cliff, is a Jamaican ska, rocksteady, reggae and soul musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer, and actor. He is the only living reggae musician to hold the Order of Merit, t ...
,
Sugar Minnott
Lincoln Barrington "Sugar" Minott (25 May 1956 – 10 July 2010)Campbell, Howard (2010)Reggae singer Sugar Minott dies at 54, Associated Press, 11 July 2010. Retrieved 12 July 2010Peru, Yasmine (2010)Godfather of Dancehall, Sugar Minott, dead at ...
. and many more. Pablove Black is a name well known in the reggae circuit. and he can still be heard on the tracks of current reggae stars such as Ras Mikey (ISOULJAHS), Etosi Brooks, Tashiba, Nanko,
Kashief Lindo
Kashief Lindo is a Jamaican reggae singer.
Career
Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Kashief is the son of guitarist and producer Willie Lindo.Larkin, Colin (1998) "Kashief Lindo" in ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae'', Virgin Books, , p. 170 He mov ...
, and 3HOT3HANDLE.
Discography
Singles
*"High Locks" / "Soul Locks"
Albums
* ''
Mr. Music Originally'' (1979)
* ''
Charcoal Charlie
Pablove Black (born Paul Anthony Dixon, 24 October 1950) is a Jamaican reggae musician (keyboards and steel drums), arranger, composer, bandleader, vocalist and producer.
Biography
Pablove started playing piano and steel drums in the mid-1960 ...
'' (1986)
References
External links
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1950 births
Living people
Jamaican reggae musicians
Jamaican pianists
Musicians from Kingston, Jamaica
21st-century pianists