Count ossie brought nyabinghi drumming to jamaican music in the early. Datasets available include lcsh, bibframe, lc name authorities, lc classification, marc codes, premis vocabularies, iso language codes, and more. Count ossie and the mystic revelation of rastafari grounation. Count ossie and the mystic revelation of rastafari vulcan. Count ossie and the mystic revelation of rastafari grounation 3xlp 1973 going to college in charleston kinda left a bad taste for reggae with mewhile andolinis pizza always played great old school stuff i was too blinded by all of the frat boys wearing bob marley tshirts to notice the great music they had on. Im not a big fan of rastafari religion or religions in general. Grounation is the title of a new album by the magnificently named count ossie and the mystic revelation of rastafari. Friday night wierd tunes rtg sunderland message boards. But although the count passed away unexpectedly he and the band he formed left behind a unique legacy, to be carried on by ras michael and the sons of negus, light of saba and several less noteworthy outfits. Count ossie and the mystic revelation of rastafari. Count ossie and the mystic revelation of rastafari youtube.
In the late 1950s, he with other percussionists formed the count ossie group. Master drummer count ossies band, including the incomparable tenor saxophonist cedric im brooks, recreate a rasta grounation. If a reasoning session with jazz horns sounds like a novelty item, far from itin fact, the rough guide to. As a young boy he grew in a rasta community were he learned techniques of vocal chanting and hand drumming. Two years later tales of mozambique dynamic 1975 was issued, continuing the. Count ossie and the mystic revelation of rastafari four hundred years grounation 1973. Thomas, jamaica18 october 1976 was a jamaican rastafari movement drummer and band leader. This includes data values and the controlled vocabularies that house them. The linked data service provides access to commonly found standards and vocabularies promulgated by the library of congress. The dreads enter babylon 195583 from nyabinghi, burro and grounation to roots and revelation by various artists on amazon music. The mystic revelation of rastafari was born when percussionist count ossie and his group of nyahbinghi drummers joined forces with the mystics, a group of horn players led by cedric im brooks. A pioneer of the niyabinghi style of hand drumming, ossie is joined here by tenor. The mystic revelation of rastafari the spiritual roots of reggae doublecd case, housed in cardboard slipcase, accompanied by a 12 page booklet, including liner.
Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. Roots of reggae, volume 2 for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. I have a copy made in jamaica, grooves say dsr 2470 nd1002 dsr 2568, cover is only bw. Listen to oh carolina from count ossie s grounation. Roots of reggae, volume 2 ethiopian serenade, oh carolina and more. Count ossie s masterpiece is the grounation threelp set 1973, which includes songs such as so long, and grounation the latter title with over 30 minutes running time and an updated version of oh carolina. Download the mystic revelation of rastafari grounation. Here you can find the mystic revelation of rastafari grounation shared files. Tales of mozambique licensed to youtube by merlin pias on behalf of soul jazz records. Count ossie in china oh carolina aracka azul aracka azul tibet jamaica tibet jamaica like grounation and cosmic vibration. Count ossies rastafari masterpiece grounation reissued on. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at.
At the source of the music of rastafari is the figurehead master drummer and leader count ossie, who first brought the deeply spiritual nyabinghi and burro rhythms, heard and played at sacred rastafarian grounation reasoning sessions, into popular jamaican music through his many collaborations and performances with artists from the. Count ossie and the mystic revelation rasta reggae, samia. Vulp 901 appears on record one, vulp 902 appears on record two and vulp 903 appears on record three. Soul jazz records are releasing count ossie and the mystic revelations seminal 1975 album tales ofmozambique in an expanded double albumsingle cddigital format, fully remastered and with the inclusion of two bonus rare singleonly tracks, full sleevenotes, exclusive photographs and interview. Grounation continued an unimpeachable classic considered to be the. However, count ossie died 1976 appear to be the first to put nyahbinghi drumming to records and so helped to establish and maintain rastafari culture through music. The dreads enter babylon 195583 from nyabinghi, burro and grounation to roots and revelation. All 3 lps come together in a card box set with an 11 x 11 booklet. His first sound recordings were made after meeting. Born oswald williams circa 1928 in jamaica, as a boy count ossie became involved in the rastafarian community via of the. Nyahbinghi drumming is not exclusive to the nyahbinghi branch but is common to all rastafarians.
Master drummers opus back on vinyl after forty years. Grounation continued an unimpeachable classic considered. Baby, wont you weird me out freak puke 2012 ipecacamrep. Catch a fire, survival, uprising, exodus, natty dread. Discover and download music with our free personalized discovery tools. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from grounation. The issuing of that 3lp set was a major musical and cultural event in jamaicathe grounation programme was recorded in three nightsthe mystic revelation of rastafari is a fusion of the mystics, led by tenor saxophonist cedric im brooks and the count ossie rastafarian drummers. After count ossie s death in 1976, samuel clayton took on as band leader, and. Count ossie and the mystic revelation of rastafarigrounation. A nyabinghi drummer from the hills of jamaica, count ossie cut his first singles, including ocarolina and chubby, for prince buster at the studios of rjr radio.