Jackie Mittoo"s "Reggae Magic" is a new collection from the great Jackie Mittoo.
The album features a mixture of classic tunes and rarities from the period 1967-74, when Mittoo was at the height of his musical powers. Mittoo"s solo career began after the end of The Skatalites in 1965. He began pushing new musical boundaries, creating a uniquely identifiable organ-led funky reggae sound that owed as much to Booker T and The MGs, Jimmy Smith, Stax and Motown as to the post-ska and emergent rocksteady island rhythms of Kingston, Jamaica.
His solo work at the legendary Studio One spanned seven albums and hundreds of singles. Aside from producer and founder Clement "Sir Coxsone" Dodd, it"s hard to think of anyone more central to the sound and success of Studio One than Mittoo; keyboard player extraordinaire, songwriter, arranger, musician, truly the Keyboard King at Studio One.

TRACKS:

A1    Jackie Mittoo–    Melody Maker
A2    The Soul Vendors–    Full Range
A3    Jackie Mittoo–    Ghetto Organ (No, No, No)
A4    Jackie Mittoo–    Toronto Express

B1    Jackie Mittoo–    Black Out
B2    Jackie Mittoo–    Fireball Rock
B3    Jackie Mittoo–    Tropic Island
B4    Jackie Mittoo–    Sure Soul
B5    Jackie Mittoo–    Taste Of Soul

C1    Jackie Mittoo & Sound Dimension–    Soul Stew
C2    Jackie Mittoo–    Reggae Magic
C3    Jackie Mittoo & Ernest Ranglin–    West Of The Sun
C4    The Skatalites–    Hanging Tree

D1    Jackie Mittoo–    Peenie Wallie
D2    Sound Dimension–    Walk Don't Run
D3    Jackie Mittoo & The Soul Vendors–    Ba Ba Boom
D4    Jackie Mittoo–    Dark Of The Moon
D5    Jackie Mittoo–    Full Charge