BELOW THE BASS LINE

The man who taught Bob Marley how to play the guitar has finally got his just rewards. "BELOW THE BASSLINE" is a brilliant example of Jamaican Jazz in it's purest form. Ernest Ranglin has fast fingers for someone in his 60's. He has also mastered the technique of feathering the guitar strings with beathtaking precision. Add to this; an uncanny ability to comunicate such rich emotion through his music, and you have one sensational piece of music. This disc is testimony to his great love of Jazz, and his birth right Jamaica. Smooth, charming, and rhythmic. This is music you can either kick back and listen to, or get up and dance to. With "Below the Bassline", Ernest Ranglin has demolished any generation gap he may have had with the young or the old. This music is for everyone. Contagious to the last note.

Every reggae/ska enthusiast should own a copy of Below the Bassline, study it, live it, examine it, and realize its contribution to the music world. The expert musicianship on this album is top-notch. Monty Alexnader's piano playing will have you humming licks and tappin toes. And Ernest Ranglin, the uncrowned king of reggae guitar, adds dimensions of spice, fluidity, and maturity to enveloping bass-lines and funky drumming. The last tune on the album, is one of the best, roots roots roots.anyone who knows anything about the elements of reggae, the roots of ska, and the foundations of jazz should be honored to own a copy of Below The Bassline

This album makes really your day or night! It's honest. It has a lot of emotions, travelling mood and a lot of guitar magic-riffs. An Ernest Ranglin's classic. RESPECT.

1. Congo Man
2. Surfin'
3. King Tubby Meets The Rockers
4. Satta Massagana
5. 54-46 (Was My Number)
6. Ball Of Fire
7. Black Disciples
8. Bourbon Street Skank
9. None Shall Escape The Judgement
10. Nana's Chalk Pipe
11. Below The Bassline

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