Music Album: Sca-Balena / Two For One
Album Release Date: June 2013
Music Genre: Reggae Ska
Record Label: C And N Records
Album Release Country: Jamaica
Music Record Type: 2 Tracks Vinyl Album 7"
3 March 1927 – 5 May 1998
Founding member of The Skatalites and The Supersonics. Very important jamaican saxophone player.
He was born in Havana, Cuba. When his father worked at Panama Canal, the familly moved to Jamaica in 1933. He went to Alpha School, which gave him a good musical eduction. His career started in 1943 when he performed in Eric Dean Orchestra, one of the best at that time on the whole island. Then he switched to Don Hitchman's sextet. This band was one of the first jamaican Bands ever got recorded (1952/1953). This happened at the first radio station in Jamaica, Z or Zed QI. In the early fifties, Tommy was a soloist in the greatest band to coalesce in Jamaica before The Skatalites, Roy Coburn's Blu-Flames featuring Don Drummond, Cluett Johnson and Ken Williams (6). In 1954 he moved to Nassau, Barbados to play gigs in Clubs next to Ernest Ranglin. 1956 he moved to Miami, Florida where he first got into contact with Jazz music. He was heavily influenced by (...)
| A | Sca-Balena (Alternative Take) |
| B | Two For One (Alternative Take) |
Label B is misprinted and erroneously credits Roland Alphonso & Group “Bridge View”.
Previously unreleased takes of Jamaican recordings from 1964 and '65.
A side adapted from "Sambalero," written by Luiz Bonfá.
B side adapted from "Go Get It," written by Bobby Capers.
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