Jackie Mittoos Reggae Magic is a new collection from the great Jackie Mittoo. The album features a mixture of classic tunes and rarities from the period 1967-74 when Mittoo was at the height of his musical powers. Mittoos solo career began after the end of The Skatalites in 1965. He began pushing new musical boundaries creating a uniquely identifiable organ-led funky reggae sound that owed as much to Booker T and The MGs Jimmy Smith Stax and Motown as to the post-ska and emergent rocksteady island rhythms of Kingston Jamaica. His solo work at the legendary Studio One spanned seven albums and hundreds of singles. Aside from producer and founder Clement Sir Coxsone Dodd its hard to think of anyone more central to the sound and success of Studio One than Mittoo; keyboard player extraordinaire songwriter arranger musician truly the Keyboard King at Studio One.[info sheet from distr.]