Val Bennett

About the artist

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

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  1. The Russians Are Coming
  2. The Russians Are Coming (Take Five)
  3. Spanish Harlem
  4. Tons Of Gold
  5. The Russians Are Coming (aka Take 5)
  6. Reggae city
  7. Jumping With Mr. Lee
  8. South Parkway Rock
  9. Baby Baby
  10. barbara

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