Richard Hall was a

Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...

n saxophonist who worked with many

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 ...

artists including Peter Tosh and

Burning Spear Winston Rodney OD (born 1 March 1945), better known by the stage name Burning Spear, is a Jamaican roots reggae singer-songwriter, vocalist and musician. Burning Spear is a Rastafarian and one of the most influential and long-standing roots ...

. Nicknamed "Dirty Harry," he also starred in the film '' Rockers'' alongside Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace.

Biography

Former Alpha Boys school student, he was well known for his tenor

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

playing. In 1974, he played on Jacob Miller's "Keep On Knocking" for Augustus Pablo's Rockers Production team. In 1975, he was asked to contribute to Burning Spear's ''Marcus Garvey'' album, which featured the Black Disciples band. He also played on Peter Tosh's second solo album, ''Equal Rights''. The movie ''Rockers'' features Richard Hall, alongside Bobby Ellis and Tommy McCook, playing "Satta A Massagana". Richard Hall also appeared on the cover of the VHS release. Richard Hall was shot and killed at a robbery in Manhattan.

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