Tommy McCook Born 3 March 1927 Havana, Cuba Origin Jamaica Died 5 May 1998 (aged 71) Genres Ska, rocksteady, reggae Instruments Saxophone Associated acts The Skatalites Tommy McCook and the Supersonics Tommy McCook (3 March 1927 – 5 May 1998) was a Jamaican saxophonist. A founding member of The Skatalites, he also directed The Supersonics for Duke Reid, and backed many sessions for Bunny Lee or with The Revolutionaries at Channel One Studios in the 1970s. Biography McCook was born in Havana, Cuba, and moved to Jamaica in 1933. He took up the tenor saxophone at the age of eleven, when he was a pupil at the Alpha School, and eventually joined Eric Dean’s Orchestra. In 1954 he left for an engagement in Nassau, Bahamas, after which he ended up in Miami, Florida, and it was here that McCook first heard John Coltrane and fell in love with jazz. McCook returned to Jamaica in early 1962, where he was approached by a few local producers to do some recordings. Eventually he consented to record a jazz session for Clement Coxson Dodd, which was issued on the album as Jazz Jamaica. His first ska recording was an adaptation of Ernest Gold’s Exodus, recorded in November 1963 with musicians who would soon make up the Skatalites. During the 1960s and 1970s McCook recorded with the majority of prominent reggae artists of the era, working particularly with producer Bunny Lee and his house band, The Aggrovators, as well as being featured prominently in the recordings of Yabby You and the Prophets (most notably on version sides and extended disco mixes), all while still performing and recording with the variety of line ups under the Skatalites name. McCook died of pneumonia and heart failure, aged 71, on 5 May 1998.[1] Discography Top Secret - 1969 - Techniques Horny Dub - 1976 - Grounation Reggae In Jazz - 1976 - Eve Cookin Shuffle - Jamaica Authentic Hot Lava The Authentic Ska Sound of Tommy McCook - Moon Records (1998) Down On Bond Street - Trojan Records (1999) Tommys Last Stand - Creole - 2001 Blazing Horns - Tenor In Roots - 1976-1978 - Blood & Fire (2003) Real Cool - 1966-1977 - Trojan Records (2005) With The Skatalites Tommy McCook & The Skatalites - The Skatalite! - 1969 - Treasure Island With Bobby Ellis Green Mango - 1974 - Attack Blazing Horns - 1977 - Grove Music With The Aggrovators Brass Rockers - 1975 - Striker Lee Cookin - 1975 - Horse/Trojan King Tubby Meets The Aggrovators At Dub Station - 1975 - Live and Love Show Case - 1975 - Culture Press (1997) Disco Rockers (aka Hot Lava) - 1977 - Dynamic Sound Instrumental Reggae - RAS (1992) With Yabby You Yabby You Meets Tommy McCook In Dub - Peacemaker Yabby You Meets Sly & Robie Along With Tommy McCook - Prophets References Thedeadrockstarsclub - accessed November 2009 External links King Tubby Meets The Agrovators At Dub Station album review
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