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Jackie Mittoo

Ska
Ska

Jackie Mittoo is a Ska act. Their sound grew out of Cimarons, The Aggrovators and Ken Boothe. Those roots explain a lot about how Jackie Mittoo arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Sound Dimension, Tommy McCook & The Supersonics, The Heptones, Tommy McCook and Lone Ranger, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sugar Minott, Musical Youth, Bob Marley, Leroy Sibbles and UB40, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 38 connections around Jackie Mittoo, reaching back through Cimarons and forward to Sugar Minott. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Jackie MittooCimaronsThe AggrovatorsKen BootheSugar MinottMusical YouthBob MarleyLeroy SibblesUB40The Dead 60sSuperchunkLily AllenSound DimensionTommy McCook & The S…The HeptonesTommy McCookLone RangerThe EthiopiansDerrick HarriottDerrick Morgan

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Jackie Mittoo connections

Jackie Mittoo grew out of Cimarons, The Aggrovators and Ken Boothe, shares an orbit with Sound Dimension, Tommy McCook & The Supersonics, The Heptones and Tommy McCook, went on to shape Sugar Minott, Musical Youth, Bob Marley and Leroy Sibbles. 38 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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