Winston Jarrett

Winston Flames Jarrett, one of reggae musics true pioneers, has witnessed Jamaicas music transform from the ska explosion of the early 60s through the vibrant periods of rock steady and reggae. Not content to merely watch this musical revolution, Jarrett proceeded to form one of Jamaicas most popular groups, Alton Ellis and the Flames. In the early 1970s Jarrett recorded over a hundred songs under his own name and pseudonyms released both in Jamaica and England, working with Joe Gibbs, Lee Scratch Perry and Duke Reid. Jarretts music has been released under the name Righteous Holmes, the Soul Stars, T-Man and the T-Bones, Adam and Eve, as well as his own labels, Attra, and Human Rights and Humble . . .

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