Augustus Pablo 1953-99
Richard Gehr, Spin, July 1999
JAMAICA'S A QUIRKY PLACE, to say the least, so it's oddly appropriate that its foremost instrumental soloist would turn out to be a low-key virtuoso of that humble hybrid of harmonica and keyboard, the melodica.
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