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The Skatalites
The Skatalites
Jamaican ska band
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Lloyd Knibb
Lloyd Knibb
musician
2
Prince Buster
Prince Buster
Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer
3
Roland Alphonso
Roland Alphonso
Ska musician
4
Val Bennett
Val Bennett
Jamaican jazz musician
5
Clue J & His Blues Blasters
Clue J & His Blues Blasters
Jamaican band
6
Coxsone Dodd
Coxsone Dodd
Jamaican musician
7
Tommy McCook
Tommy McCook
Jamaican musician
8
Lord Tanamo
Lord Tanamo
Jamaican singer
9
Gladstone Anderson
Gladstone Anderson
Jamaican musician
10
Clancy Eccles
Clancy Eccles
Jamaican musician
11
Johnny Moore
Johnny Moore
Jamaican musician
12
Dr. Ring-Ding
Dr. Ring-Ding
German singer
13
Cedric Brooks
Cedric Brooks
Jamaican reggae musician
14
Ernest Ranglin
Ernest Ranglin
Jamaican guitarist and composer
15
Owen Gray
Owen Gray
Jamaican musician
16
Byron Lee and the Dragonaires
Byron Lee and the Dragonaires
musical artist
17
Derrick Morgan
Derrick Morgan
Jamaican musician
18
Delroy Wilson
Delroy Wilson
Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae singer (1948-1995)
19
Jackie Mittoo
Jackie Mittoo
Jamaican musician
20
Barrington Levy
Barrington Levy
reggae and dancehall artist from Jamaica
21
Lynn Taitt
Lynn Taitt
Jamaican musician
22
Justin Hinds
Justin Hinds
Jamaican musician
23
Anthony Johnson
Anthony Johnson
Jamaican singer
24
Derrick Harriott
Derrick Harriott
Jamaican musician
25
Winston Grennan
Winston Grennan
Jamaican drummer, creator of one drop reggae beat, flyers beat,
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Oswald Brooks
Oswald Brooks
Jamaican musician
27
Uziah Thompson
Uziah Thompson
Jamaican musician
28
Alton Ellis
Alton Ellis
Jamaican musician
29
Lester Sterling
Lester Sterling
Jamaican musician
30
Big Youth
Big Youth
Jamaican deejay
31
Aswad
Aswad
British band
32
Toots and the Maytals
Toots and the Maytals
Jamaican ska/rocksteady band
33
Burning Spear
Burning Spear
Jamaican roots reggae musician
34
The Rocksteady Seven
The Rocksteady Seven
American Ska and Jazz band
35
Vin Gordon
Vin Gordon
Jamaican musician
36
Lloyd Parks
Lloyd Parks
Jamaican musician
37
Judah Eskender Tafari
Judah Eskender Tafari
musical artist
38
Headley Bennett
Headley Bennett
Jamaican saxophonist
39
Johnny Osbourne
Johnny Osbourne
Jamaican musician
40
Stranger Cole
Stranger Cole
Jamaican musician
41
Theophilus Beckford
Theophilus Beckford
Jamaican pianist
42
Count Matchuki
Count Matchuki
musician
43
Eric "Monty" Morris
Eric "Monty" Morris
Jamaican musician
44
Michael Prophet
Michael Prophet
Jamaican musician
45
Jah Cure
Jah Cure
Jamaican musician
46
Rico Rodriguez
Rico Rodriguez
Jamaican musician
47
Dawn Penn
Dawn Penn
Jamaican reggae singer
48
Earl "Chinna" Smith
Earl "Chinna" Smith
Jamaican musician
49
Count Ossie
Count Ossie
drummer
50
Errol Holt
Errol Holt
Jamaican musician
51
John Holt
John Holt
Jamaican reggae singer
52
Willi Williams
Willi Williams
Jamaican reggae musician
53
Twinkle Brothers
Twinkle Brothers
band
54
Desmond Dekker
Desmond Dekker
Jamaican singer-songwriter
55
Aubrey Adams
Aubrey Adams
Jamaican musician
56
Leroy Sibbles
Leroy Sibbles
Canadian musician
57
Half Pint
Half Pint
Jamaican dancehall, ragga, and reggae singer
58
Supermax
Supermax
Austrian music project
59
Don Drummond
Don Drummond
Jamaican ska trombonist and composer
60
Noel Simms
Noel Simms
Jamaican musician
61
Victor Rice
Victor Rice
American musician
62
Junior Murvin
Junior Murvin
Jamaican reggae musician
63
Third World
Third World
Jamaican reggae band
64
Clive Hunt
Clive Hunt
Jamaican musician
65
Jacob Miller
Jacob Miller
Jamaican reggae artist
66
Cornell Campbell
Cornell Campbell
Jamaican musician
Jah Jerry Haynes
Jamaican guitarist

Jah Jerry Haynes

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Jamaican guitarist
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Order of Distinction
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Jerome "Jah Jerry" Haynes OD (11 August 1921 – 13 August 2007) was a Jamaican guitarist and former member of The Skatalites.

Haynes was born in Trench Pen, presently known as Trench Town, the cultural capital of Jamaica, in 1921. He learned to play guitar from early years by his father and then by Ernest Ranglin. In 1949 he played with the Jocelyn Trott Orchestra in Montego Bay.

This prepared him for his sojourn into organized playing when he hit the hotel circuit playing with the Jocelyn Trott Orchestra in Montego Bay, in 1949. In the mid-1950s he freelanced with several other bands (including saxophonist Val Bennett's jazz band) until he joined the Arkland "Drumbago" Parks Studio Band. His upward "stumming" of the guitar became the signature style in the Boogie Shuffle/Ska

In 1959 Haynes worked with Prince Buster and played guitar in many sessions. In 1961, he was contracted exclusively to Coxsone Dodd, though he played for other producers, such as Duke Reid, King Edwards the Giant and Lyndon Pottinger. In 1964 he was one of The Skatalites founders and played with them until 1965. He was featured on Rico Rodriguez' That Man Is Forward album. Two years later, he joined the reformed Skatalites at the Reggae Sunsplash festival.

Haynes left the Skatalites in 1986 and lived in relative anonymity in Jones Town.

Jah Jerry, O.D, as a member of the Skatalites, was one of the first twelve inductees in the Jamaica Music Hall of Fame sponsored by the Jamaica Association of Vintage Artists and Affiliates in 2008. In 2010, he was honored by the Jamaican Government on National Heroes Day and was posthumously awarded the "Order of Distinction" at King's House for his contribution to the development of Jamaican music. Jah Jerry was also a songwriter and a pioneer musician who helped create Jamaica's first indigenous music. He was a legendary guitarist who added jazz chords to the music and rapidly and repeatedly shifted these chords which was unheard of during that time.

After the breakup of the Skatalites, Jah Jerry had continued working as a session musician. He played on the album, Top Secret, with Tommy McCook and Supersonics in the 1960s. He recorded several hit songs in the 1970s, including "Black Star Liner" by Fred Locks, "The Gorgon" by Cornell Campbell and "Satta MassaGana" by the Abyssinians. When the original Skatalites reunited in the 1980s, minus Don Drummond (deceased 1969), Jah Jerry played with the band at Reggae Sunsplash in Jamaica (1983) and in England (1984). They recorded three albums: Return of the Big Guns, Stretching Out and Rolling Steady. He also toured with the band in the United States and performed in New York at the Village Gate and SOB. While living in New York, Jah Jerry did session works for Sir Clement Dodd at his studio in Brooklyn. Dodd was a legendary producer and owner of the Studio One in Jamaica. Jah Jerry retired in the year 2000, his career spanning over 50 years which covered various musical genre: Mento; Boggie/Shuffle; SKA; Rock Steady and Reggae. He recorded hundreds of songs during his musical tenure and worked with the cream of Jamaican producers and musicians. He was a member of the following bands: Prince Buster's All Stars, Drumbago Allstars, Duke Reid Group, Beverly's Allstars, King Edwards, various Studio One outfits, and of course the great Skatalites. The Skatalites were the musicians instrumental in the developing the Ska beat as well as the Rock Steady and Reggae beat.

He played on a host of vintage and classic songs, such as "Be Still", "Oh Carolina", "Simmer Down", "Carry Go Bring Come", "One love", "Humpty Dumpty", "Wash, Wash", "Blazing Fire", "Man in the Street", "Eastern Standard Time", "Rough and Tough", just to name a few. He played on the first-ever recording sessions for many Jamaican artists who became famous. These artists included Bob Marley and the Wailers, Jimmy Cliff, Desmond Dekker, Millie Small, Prince Buster, Alton Ellis, Delroy Wilson, Toots and the Maytals, Derrick Morgan, Justin Hinds and the Dominoes and Stranger Cole.