Jackie Mittoo • Keep on Dancing

Review by Stephen Cook

By the time this 1969 solo record was released, organist/arranger Jackie Mittoo had already established his reputation as an important contributor to the Skatalites' catalog and Clement "Coxsone" Dodd's Studio One label. Under Dodd, Mittoo wrote a large chunk of the famous Brentford Road rhythms that would light up the charts, both in their original rocksteady form and as reworked gems for the dancehall crowd of the early '80s. Like many of his fellow session players, Mittoo channeled U.S. soul and funk influences to help concoct a unique Jamaican musical style in the '60s and '70s. And while recent retrospectives, like Hearbeat's admirable Tribute to Jackie Mittoo two-disc set, make a first-choice selection easy, this and other of the organists many solo releases on the Studio One imprint beg a listen. One soon discovers Mittoo and Dodd's various house bands (the Soul Vendors, Sound Dimension, and the Soul Brothers) produced more than enough prime shots to fill several roundups. A fine slice of rocksteady and reggae-soul instrumentals from one of reggae's brightest lights.

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Reseña de Stephen Cook

Para cuando este disco solista de 1969 fue lanzado, el organista/arreglista Jackie Mittoo ya había establecido su reputación como un importante contribuyente al catálogo de Skatalites y al sello Clement "Coxsone" Dodd's Studio One. Con Dodd, Mittoo escribió una gran parte de los famosos ritmos de Brentford Road que iluminarían las listas de éxitos, tanto en su forma original de rocksteady como en forma de joyas reelaboradas para el público del dancehall de principios de los 80. Como muchos de sus compañeros de sesión, Mittoo canalizó las influencias del soul y el funk estadounidenses para ayudar a crear un estilo musical jamaicano único en los años 60 y 70. Y mientras que recientes retrospectivas, como el admirable Tributo de Hearbeat al set de dos discos de Jackie Mittoo, facilitan la selección de la primera opción, este y otros de los organistas muchos lanzamientos en solitario en el sello Studio One piden ser escuchados. Pronto se descubre que las diversas bandas de Mittoo y Dodd (los Soul Vendors, Sound Dimension y los Soul Brothers) produjeron más que suficientes tomas de primera para llenar varias redadas. Una fina rebanada de rocksteady y de instrumentos de reggae-soul de una de las luces más brillantes del reggae.

Tracklist
A1 Clean Up   
A2 Taste Of Soul   
A3 The Scorcher   
A4 Water Hole   
A5 Blue Lue   
A6 Taste Of Living   
A7 Juice Box   
B1 Keep On Dancing   
B2 Mellow Fellow   
B3 Can I Change My Mind   
B4 Spring Time   
B5 Hang 'Em High   
B6 Lazy Bones   
B7 Hello Studio 1   

Credits
Organ [Uncredited], Piano [Uncredited] – Jackie Mittoo

Recorded At – Jamaica Recording Studio

Notes
Recorded at Jamaica Recording & Publishing Studio Ltd.
Manufactured by Jamaica Recording Mfg. Co. Ltd. 13 Brentford Road, Kingston 5. Jamaica, W.I.
Recorded by Coxsone's Music City, 3135 Fulton St. Brooklyn, N.Y. 11208.

Track B1 is inadvertently listed twice on the cover and center label. The first time it is listed as "1. KEEP ON DANCU" and then it is correctly listed as "1. KEEP ON DANCING"

Release Date: 1969
Genre: Reggae, Pop/Rock
Styles: Reggae-Pop, Rocksteady, Ska

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