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Kamau Bashiri - keyboards/vocals - a student of Jamaican music and culture for 3 decades, lists
as his musical mentors Leroy Sibbles and Sugar Minott, in whose bands he has played. He has also done touring with U-Roy,
Sugar Minott and Tiger, while learning in jam sessions with the late Jackie Mittoo. Kamau, a published poet, says "Reggae
music is the art of life, the song of the living, the language of love and pride".
Ron Corey - guitar/vocal - is a long-time reggae veteran in Detroit. Self taught, he has worked with artists such as Sugar
Minott, Sammy Dread, and Sister Carol as well as Leroy Sibbles, U-Roy, Horace Andy, Admiral Bailey, Jose Wales and Frankie
Paul. He is an award-winning musician, as well as award-winning graphic designer/illustrator whose musical mentors include
Earl 'Chinna' Smith and Eric 'Bingy Bunny' Lamont. Ron's feel for the reggae sound stands strong and unique.
Keith Gamble - tenor sax - is a music teacher of renown, and band director at the CherryHill school of Performing Arts
in Inkster, Michigan. An accomplished musician with a jazz pedigree, he has performed with such local artist as Marcus Belgrave
and Carl Carlton. His credits include Detroit's Jazz Workshop and Ypsilanti's Frog Island Jazz Festival. He played on WDIV's
"Go 4 it" television campaign, and has performed with the Detroit Wind Symphony.
Al Armstrong
Shirley Hayden
Kamal Amen Ra
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