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Vin Gordon

Vin Gordon

Vin Gordon has been played on NTS over 30 times, featured on 29 episodes and was first played on 2 December 2012.

Vin Gordon aka Trommie, Don D. Junior or Don Drummond Jr, born Aug. 4, 1949, is a Jamaican trombone player. Gordon grew up in Jones Town, Kingston as one of eight children. He went to Kingston's catholic Alpha School where he learned to play trombone and string bass. One of his tutors was Lennie Hibbert. During this time he made some important contacts to other pupils from that school like Roland Alphonso. After graduating from Alpha in the mid 1960s he played in the Salvation Army band in Montego Bay and was then brought by Alphonso to Studio One, where he backed The Wailers on their "monumental rude-boy tune "Jailhouse"" (Katz). At Studio One Gordon met Lee "Scratch" Perry and played with many famous reggae artist during the rock steady and reggae years. He has played on records by Bibi Seaton, The Heptones, The Skatalites, Bob Andy, Aswad and Keith Hudson. One solo album was produced by Lee Perry in 1973/1974 (Musical Bones), which was originally released on DIP in the UK on blank labels in 300 copies only. Another, Way Over Yonder, was produced by Joe Gibbs.

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Vin Gordon

Vin Gordon has been played on NTS over 30 times, featured on 29 episodes and was first played on 2 December 2012.

Vin Gordon aka Trommie, Don D. Junior or Don Drummond Jr, born Aug. 4, 1949, is a Jamaican trombone player. Gordon grew up in Jones Town, Kingston as one of eight children. He went to Kingston's catholic Alpha School where he learned to play trombone and string bass. One of his tutors was Lennie Hibbert. During this time he made some important contacts to other pupils from that school like Roland Alphonso. After graduating from Alpha in the mid 1960s he played in the Salvation Army band in Montego Bay and was then brought by Alphonso to Studio One, where he backed The Wailers on their "monumental rude-boy tune "Jailhouse"" (Katz). At Studio One Gordon met Lee "Scratch" Perry and played with many famous reggae artist during the rock steady and reggae years. He has played on records by Bibi Seaton, The Heptones, The Skatalites, Bob Andy, Aswad and Keith Hudson. One solo album was produced by Lee Perry in 1973/1974 (Musical Bones), which was originally released on DIP in the UK on blank labels in 300 copies only. Another, Way Over Yonder, was produced by Joe Gibbs.

Original source: Last.fm

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Warrior Charge
Aswad feat. Michael 'Bami' Rose, Vin Gordon
Island Records1980
Spill Over
Vin Gordon
Tradition Disc2019
Voyage To The Moon
Vincent Gordon
Trojan Records2019
Dubbing Style
Vin Gordon
Tradition Disc2019
Red Blood
Chosen Few, Vin Gordon
Fab0
Roots Of Zion
Vin Gordon
Pressure Sounds, Justice2010
Kojo Hoy
Viv Gordon
Hugo Music1979
Sidewalk Doctor
Vin Gordon
Soul Jazz Records2006
Satta Massagana
Vin Gordon, Salute
Room In The Sky2014
Revenge
Vin Gordon, The Real Rock Band
Roots Garden2016