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Val Bennett

Val Bennett ( Lovall Bennett, died 1991) was a Jamaican tenor saxophonist and jazz and roots reggae musician who began his career in the 1940s. He made a number of releases on the Island Records and Crab Records labels. In the late 1940s, Bennett led his own band, the Val Bennett Orchestra. Artists that played in Bennett's band included Jah Jerry Haynes, Lloyd Knibb, and Ernest Ranglin, whose first professional experience was with this band. The Val Bennett Orchestra performed regularly at the Colony Club Read more on Last.fm

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1The Russians Are Coming
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2The Russians Are Coming (Take Five)
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3Spanish Harlem
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4The Russians Are Coming (aka Take 5)
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5Tons Of Gold
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6South Parkway Rock
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7Jumping With Mr. Lee
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8Reggae city
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9barbara
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10Jumping With Val
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Logan Moss
Blair Jenkins
A Change Gonna Come / Jumping with Val
The Russians Are Coming / Lonely Girl
Butterflies / Val is Back
Great Musical Battle / The Russians Are Coming
Val Bennett - EP
Return of Django: The Best of The Upsetters
First Class Rock Steady
Don Letts Presents the Mighty Trojan Sound

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