Augustus pablo biography

Augustus Pablo (1953-1999) biography:

Born as Horace Swaby, 1953, St. Andrew, Jamaica, West Indies. Died 18 May 1999, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. 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'.

His next release for the same producer was the prototype 'Far East' sound of 'East Of The River Nile'.

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Moving from Chin-Loy to Clive Chin as his new producer at Randy's, the next single, 'Java', proved to be Pablo's biggest, and one of his most influential. Chin later worked on the classic instrumental set, This Is Augustus Pablo, on which Pablo played a number of lead keyboard instruments.

He worked with other producers at this time, cutting 'Lovers Mood' for Leonard Chin, 'Hot And Cold' with Lee Perry and others for Gussie Clarke, Keith Hudson and Bunny Lee. Dissa