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Donald's Encyclopedia of Popular MusicA B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZBRIGADIER JERRY(b Robert Russell) Jamaican toaster who emerged as the most acclaimed of mike chanters early '80s; with Josie Wales and Charlie Chaplin he was one of the few to carry on the signifying tradition formerly practised by U Roy and Big Youth. He rarely recorded, but examples of his work were readily available via the reggae network of sound system cassettes recorded in dance halls wherever his set Jahlovemuzik was in session. Like Dennis Brown, Freddie McGregor and a number of the Studio One musicians of the era, he was associated with the Twelve Tribes sect of Ras Tafari; as a result the Brentford Road players featured on his few records, though the Brigadier himself never released any records from Studio One. Among intermittent releases were 'Pain', 'Jamaica Jamaica', 'Horse A Gallop'; but first album Live At The Controls was made at a dance in Ocho Rios with Jack Ruby sound system. First studio album was Jamaica Jamaica '85 from US reggae specialists Ras. |