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JAZZ CAF? MEDIA INFORMATION
5 Parkway, Camden Town,
London NW1 7PG
www.jazzcafe.co.uk
TAPPA ZUKIE
+ Trojan sound system
Thursday 21 September
2006 - ?17.50 adv / ?20 door
7pm
– 11pm
Tappa Zukie – Lead Vocal
Band: Ruff Cut
Toni Philips – guitar
Carlton Olgivie (bubblers)
- keyboard
Carl Tomlison -
drums
Earl Francis – bass
Anthony Thomas -
percussion
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Roots Reggae legend
plays rare show
On of Jamaica's most talented artists,
Tappa Zukie has had an equal impact on both sides of the recording deck,
as both a hit making toaster and as a producer who has worked with the
cream of Jamaica's vocalists. In addition, his early ties to the punk
community in both London and New York were instrumental in the crossover
of roots reggae into the mainstram.
Born David Sinclair, Tappa (or Tapper) was a diminutive of a nickname
his grandmother gave him, while Zukie was derived from the gang he ran
with as a child, The Zukies. In his teens, he began working for the
sound sytems, first with I-oses Discotech, then for The Maccabees. It
was through the latter that he came to the attention of producer Bunny
Lee. Unfortunately, his off-hours delinquency ensured that he was also
coming to the attention of the police.
Finally, Zukie's mother wisely decided it was time for the youth to
permanently leave the Kingston streets behind, and in 1973 packed him
off to relatives in England. Lee too wanted him out of trouble, but
preferred to have him in the studio.
Not content to see the teen's talen wasted, the produced pulled some
strings, and the day after arriving in London, Zukie was onstage, opening
for U-Roy. His one song Toast so impressed producer and Ethnic Records
label head Larry Lawrence that Zukie was immediately swept into the
studio to record his debut single Jump & Twist.
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