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Tommy McCook

Tommy McCook (3 March 1927 – 5 May 1998) was a Jamaican saxophonist. A founding member of The Skatalites, he also directed The Supersonics for Duke Reid, and backed many sessions for Bunny Lee or with The Revolutionaries at Channel One Studios in the 1970s. McCook was born in Havana, Cuba, and moved to Jamaica in 1933. He took up the tenor saxophone at the age of eleven, when he was a pupil at the Alpha School, and eventually joined Eric Dean’s Orchestra. Read more on Last.fm

Track: Last Flight To Reggae City

Most Played Tracks as Scrobbled to Last.fm

# Title Plays
1Reggae Merengue
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2The Shadow Of Your Smile
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3Riverton City
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4Tunnel One
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5Green Mango
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6A Version I Can Feel
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7Dancing Version
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8Heatwave
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9Thunderball
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10The Saint
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Other Album Releases:

Reggae Instrumentalists: Lester Sterling, Roland Alphonso and Tommy McCook
Horn Roots (Bunny 'Striker' Lee 50th Anniversary Edition)
Big Boss Dubs (Bunny 'Striker' Lee 50th Anniversary Edition)
Tommy McCook Classics
Dub Split the Atom
Super Star-Disco Rockers
The Aggrovators Present Tommy McCook
Horn Dub Hustler
Tommy McCook - Showing Off
The Sannic Sounds

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