Winston Jarrett

About Winston Jarrett

He came to Kingston to sing with his idol, Alton Ellis, whose voice is very similar to Jarrett's. Joining the Flames in the mid-'60s to back Ellis, he soon branched out on his own to record a series of albums which often feature Marley and Ellis covers, and self-penned ghetto plaints as evocative as Bosch paintings. ~ Roger Steffens

FROM
Lime Tree Gardens, St. Ann, Jamaica
BORN
September 14, 1940
GENRE
Reggae