Ernest Ranglin

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Ernest Ranglin OD (born 19 June 1932, Manchester, Jamaica) is a Jamaican guitarist and composer who established his career while working as a session guitarist and music director for various Jamaican record labels including Studio One and Island Records. Ranglin played guitar on many early ska recordings and helped create the rhythmic guitar style that defined the form. Ranglin has worked with Theophilus Beckford, Jimmy Cliff, Monty Alexander, Prince Buster, The Skatalites, Bob Marley and the Eric Deans Orchestra. He is noted for a chordal and rhythmic approach that blends jazz, mento and reggae with percussive guitar solos incorporating rhythm 'n' blues and jazz inflections.

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Discography

Album

Year Title Artist Rating Releases
1974 Rass! Monty Alexander with Ernest Ranglin 1
1995 Play the Time Away Ernest Ranglin 1
1996 Below the Bassline Ernest Ranglin 1
2001 Gotcha! Ernest Ranglin 1
2002 Ultimate Ranglin Roots Ernest Ranglin 1
2004 Guitar In Ernest Ernest Ranglin 1
2005 Earth Tones Charlie Hunter, Chinna Smith & Ernest Ranglin 1
2005 Surfin' Ernest Ranglin 1
— Boss Reggae Ernest Ranglin 1
— E.B. @ Noon Ernest Ranglin 1
— In Search of the Lost Riddim Ernest Ranglin 5 1
— Now Is the Time Ernest Ranglin 1
— Sounds and Power Ernest Ranglin 1

Album + Compilation

Year Title Artist Rating Releases
— Tribute to a Legend Compilation Ernest Ranglin 1

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Year Title Artist Rating Releases
2000 Modern Answers to Old Problems Ernest Ranglin 1
2004 Rocksteady Monty Alexander with Ernest Ranglin 1
— Memories of Barber Mack Ernest Ranglin 1

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