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  Article : In memory of.. Augustus Pablo.
Something else that Augustus Pablo had in his favour was an uncanny knack for picking on unlikely or unknown vocalists to sing or toast over his riddims, not only providing the public with good music but also the chance to hear what these people could do given the opportunity.
Augustus Pablo will be remembered as the somewhat frail-looking Rastaman, who made an amazing contribution to roots reggae both as a melodica/keyboards player and as a producer with an immediately recognizable style.
This was the album that set Augustus Pablo firmly on the musical map as a leading figure in the burgeoning rebel rock movement that immediately preceded the Rastafarian inspired roots music that dominated the rest of the decade and sealed reggae musics role as a vehicle for the dissipation of social protest and spiritual inspiration.
www.reggae-vibes.com /concert/augpablo/augpablo.htm   (2755 words)

  
  TrouserPress.com :: Augustus Pablo
A true reggae original, dubmaster Augustus Pablo is as closely identified with his instrument —; the melodica —; as most jazz musicians are with theirs.
Soon, as Augustus Pablo, he was composing, arranging and producing his own instrumental tracks; now the reedy, vaguely Middle Eastern sound of his melodica is immediately recognizable, a plaintive cry in the dub landscape.
Rockers Story, the fifth collection of Pablo's various protégés, is a mixed bag of Pablo's own material, singers such as Delroy Williams and Barry Reid, U-Roy-style DJs (e.g., Dillinger and Ras Bull) and such groups as Tetrack and the Rockers Allstars.
www.trouserpress.com /entry.php?a=augustus_pablo   (612 words)

  
 Augustus Pablo, RIP   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Adams was the first to adopt the Augustus Pablo moniker, but when he left for the United States, he left the name to Swaby.
Pablo's melodica playing, which the New York Times called the best in the world, gave birth to his trademark far east sound that he blended perfectly with instrumental reggae run through effects processors.
Pablo's first major hit came when he was still less than 20 years old -- 1972's "Java." He produced for countless reggae legends such as Jacob Miller, Yami Bolo, Dennis Brown, and Israel Vibration in addition to releasing some of the most influential dub music of the 1970's.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/Reggae/20114   (365 words)

  
 marcus garvey, rastafarianism, reggae, bob marley, augustus pablo
Pablo was a melodica player - the melodica being a keyboard wind instrument with harmonica reeds that was in the 1960s used to teach music to Jamaican schoolchildren.
Pablo was a deceptively basic sort of player, and there were never any technical fireworks, only a studied simplicity and naivete.
Pablo plays with tremendous restraint, with a kind of thorough spareness that is meant to create a place of the spirit.
www.crispinsartwell.com /sixnamesreggae.htm   (1980 words)

  
 East of the River Nile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
East of the River Nile is a 1977 dub album (see 1977 in music) by Jamaican musician Augustus Pablo.
A purely instrumental album, East of the River Nile showcases Pablo's skill on the melodica.
Augustus Pablo Organ, piano, strings, keyboards, clavinet, melodica
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/East_of_the_River_Nile   (156 words)

  
 Augustus Pablo - Free Music Downloads, Videos, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links
But Pablo was no one-trick pony, he was also a virtuoso keyboardist and his playing permeated the island across myriad of his own releases and as a session man for others.
Augustus Pablo was born Horace Swaby on June 21, 1954, in St. Andrew, Jamaica.
Of course, Pablo was equally in demand as a session player and he appears on scores of albums from this period, playing keyboard, melodica, or both.
www.artistdirect.com /nad/music/artist/bio/0,,476254,00.html   (1816 words)

  
 Greensleeves - Augustus Pablo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
But Augustus Pablo (as he was later called), was to become famous for the most unlikely of instruments, the melodica.
Pablo's first recording came in 1971, when he was invited by producer Herman Chin Loy to work on some sessions.
Augustus Pablo died of a nerve disorder on May 18 1999, aged 46.
www.greensleeves.net /bio/biogpablo.html   (451 words)

  
 Augustus Pablo @ pHinnWeb   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Pablo was responsible for putting the humble melodica on the musical map when one day in 1969 he walked into Herman Chin-Loy 's Aquarius Records shop clutching the instrument and was taken down to Randy's studio the following day to cut his first record, 'Iggy Iggy'.
Pablo had been very ill long, and it was said that he refused to undergo treatment for his ailments.
Augustus Pablo, a widely influential reggae producer, died on Tuesday at University Hospital in Kingston, Jamaica.
www.saunalahti.fi /~phinnweb/retro/dub/pablo   (956 words)

  
 Augustus Pablo: The Great Pablo: A Reggae Pioneer's Finest Recordings - PopMatters Music Review
Remarkably, Pablo had already secured that reputation within the first five years of his recording career and that period -- 1971 to 1975 -- is the focus of this posthumous compilation.
On the strength of his output during that relatively short time, Augustus Pablo came to be widely acclaimed -- alongside Osbourne "King Tubby" Ruddock and Lee "Scratch" Perry -- as a principle architect of the emergent dub style of the early '70s.
During those years, it was Pablo who popularized the use of the lowly melodica, his unmistakable signature sound confirming that what many saw as a child's toy was in fact a viable and subtly evocative means of musical expression.
www.popmatters.com /music/reviews/p/pabloaugustus-great.shtml   (858 words)

  
 Interests   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Augustus Pablo, a widely influential reggae producer, died on Tuesday (May 18,1999) at University Hospital in Kingston, Jamaica.
Pablo, whose original name was Horace Swaby, was known for what he called the ''Far East sound'': haunting, minor-key tunes with sparse lines for melodica (a harmonica with a keyboard) floating above deep bass lines and echoing keyboards.
Pablo rarely toured; his milieu was the recording studio.
www.xs4all.nl /~entiti   (435 words)

  
 Augustus Pablo
PABLO’S WORK reflects the African tradition in which music belongs to everyone, arid musicians, as craftsmen, are an integral part of their community.
Pablo also tries to pass on his knowledge of publishing and the business side of music, mindful of his own early experiences.
Pablo recognises that the road-block/rebel spirit is the foundation of reggae — and the reason for its limited commercial success.
www.uncarved.org /dub/pablo.html   (1737 words)

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