mr dave

Ernest Ranglin is the man. This album is all sorts of awesome and works really well as a transition into jazz for listeners still getting used to the style. The dub reggae feel that permeate all the rhythms on the album really makes it easier for people to get sucked into Ranglin's particular jazz style, it's smooth but he's no George Benson just dripping butter on everything.

What really sets Ranglin's guitar playing apart from his contemporaries is his percussive picking style. He's got a super dry, quasi-percussive staccato attack that really distinguishes his sound. It's like the guitar picking version of a drum machine snare rush.

He was also featured on St. Germain's 2nd full length (The Tourist). Even though it was a more contemporary electro-jazz album his particular guitar style is unmistakable on his guest track (Montego Bay Spleen).

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