Toots Hibbert, Sly & Robbie, Black Uhuru’s Mykal Rose, Big Youth and other reggae legends dig into vintage r&b jams. Read our review of ‘Red Gold Green & Blue’
’s band; with the Compass Point All-Stars; and on their own Taxi Records sessions, source of some of the reggae canon’s mightiest sides. Their ur-grooves justify from the get-go, a set of blues, r&b and soul covers of the sort that might otherwise land like pro-forma, unessential nostalgia.
The choice of singers, nearly all vets, was also key. Foremost is Mykal Rose, the defining voice of Black Uhuru, whose catalog includes plenty of Sly and Robbie’s best work. He opens the set, weaving his trademark blue scat through a hypnotizing cover of “I Put A Spell On You,” triangulating Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ original with Nina Simone and Bryan Ferry versions, adding falsetto yelps and a Screamin’ Jay cackle for good measure.
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