Jah Thomas

Jah Thomas

Nkrumah "Jah" Thomas (b. 1955, Kingston, Jamaica) is a reggae deejay and record producer who first came to prominence in the 1970s, later setting up his own "Midnight Rock" and "Nura" labels.

Biography

Named Nkrumah after African nationalist leader Kwame Nkrumah, he adopted the stage name Jah Thomas and began deejaying in the mid-1970s, working with producers such as Alvin Ranglin, who released his single "Midnight Rock", which topped the Jamaican chart in 1976.cite book |last=Larkin |first=Colin |title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae |year= 1998 |publisher=Virgin Books |isbn=0-7535-0242-9 ] cite book |last=Barrow |first=Steve |coauthors= Dalton, Peter |title=Reggae: The Rough Guide |year= 1997 |publisher=Rough Guides |isbn=1-85828-247-0 ] Thomas's debut album, "Stop Yuh Loafin"' gained international recognition via a release on the newly-formed Greensleeves Records label. Further deejay albums appeared in the late 1970s, before Thomas began concentrating on producing other artists, such as Robert Ffrench, Triston Palmer, Johnny Osbourne, Michael Palmer, Barry Brown, Barrington Levy, Sugar Minott, Early B, Ranking Toyan, and Robin Hood, at the same time setting up the "Midnight Rock" record label, one of the most successful performer-owned labels of the period. Midnight Rock soon had a hit record in the shape of Thomas's "Cricket Lovely Cricket". Thomas would often use the mixing talents of Scientist, and the Roots Radics band. He later also set up the "Nura" label.

Discography

*"Stop Yuh Loafin"' (1978) Greensleeves
*"Dance On The Corner" (1979) Midnight Rock
*"Nah Fight Over Woman" (1980) Tad's
*"Black Ash Dub" (1980) Trojan (with The Revolutionaries)
*"Tribute to the Reggae King" (1981) Midnight Rock
*"Dance Hall Connection" (1982) Silver Camel
*"Dance Hall Stylee" (1982) Daddy Kool/Silver Camel
*"Shoulder Move" (1983) Midnight Rock
* "Jah Thomas Meets Scientist In Dub Conference" (1996) Munich
* "Triston Palmer Meets Jah Thomas In Discostyle" (1996) Munich
* "Jah Thomas Meets King Tubby Inna Roots Of Dub" (1997) Rhino
* "Jah Thomas Meets The Roots Radics Dubbing" (1999) Trojan
* "Jah Thomas meets Barrington Levy inna Dancehall Style" Culture Press
* "King Tubby's Hidden Treasure"(1999) Trojan (Jah Thomas & The Roots Radics)
* "Lyrics For Sale" Rhino
* "Prophecy Of Dub" Abraham (Jah Thomas & The Roots Radics)
*"Jah Thomas Meets King Tubby In The House of Dub" Majestic Reggae
*"Big Dance Dub" (200?) Silver Kamel
*"Liquid Brass" (200?) Silver Kamel
*"Jah Thomas Presents..." (2007) Ras Sta Reggae
*"Jah Thomas Meets..." (2007) Ras Sta Reggae

References

External links

* [http://www.roots-archives.com/artist/214 Jah Thomas at Roots Archives]


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