Jackie Mittoo - Soul Jazz Records presents Jackie Mittoo Reggae Magic (Album) 2025
Artist: VA, Jackie Mittoo
Title: Soul Jazz Records presents JACKIE MITTOO: Reggae Magic
Year Of Release: 2025
Label: Soul Jazz Records
Genre: Reggae
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 53:14
Total Size: 230 MB
1. Jackie Mittoo - Melody Maker (2:40)
2. The Soul Vendors - Full Range (2:39)
3. Jackie Mittoo - Ghetto Organ (4:20)
4. Jackie Mittoo - Toronto Express (2:58)
5. Jackie Mittoo - Black Out (3:18)
6. Jackie Mittoo - Fireball Rock (2:13)
7. Jackie Mittoo - Tropic Island (2:30)
8. Jackie Mittoo - Sure Soul (2:31)
9. Jackie Mittoo - Taste Of Soul (3:03)
10. Jackie Mittoo;Sound Dimension - Soul Stew (2:48)
11. Jackie Mittoo - Reggae Magic (3:17)
12. Jackie Mittoo;Ernest Ranglin - West Of The Sun (4:08)
13. The Skatalites - Hanging Tree (3:12)
14. Jackie Mittoo - Peenie Wallie (2:54)
15. Sound Dimension - Walk Don't Run (2:25)
16. Jackie Mittoo;The Soul Vendors - Ba Ba Boom (2:51)
17. Jackie Mittoo - Dark Of The Moon (2:37)
18. Jackie Mittoo - Full Charge (2:57)
Mittoo? Me too! Jackie Mittoo's Reggae Magic (Soul Jazz) assembles essential lathings and rare grooves from 1967 to 1974, a period when his keyboard work shaped reggae's core sound. After leaving seminal Jamaican ska outfit The Skatalites, Mittoo was de facto CCO at Studio One, driving its signature organ-led style that mounted Kingston's rhythms to earlier, more readily identifiable grooves from the popular sphere, such as the post-bossa flurries of Booker T And The MGs and the knee-slapping soul movements of Stax. The tunes you hear here - 'Hot Milk', 'One Step Beyond' and 'Real Rock' - were reused as riddims over a span of decades, reaching artists from Alton Ellis to The Clash, Lily Allen to Rihanna. Further rarities like 'Ghetto Organ' and 'Soul Stew' also appear, presenting a snapshot of Mittoo's can't-go-back impact on Jamaican music.
