Big Joe (reggae)
Big Joe | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Joseph Spalding |
| Origin | Kingston, Jamaica |
| Genres | Reggae |
| Occupation | musician |
Big Joe (born Joseph Spalding; 1955) is a Jamaican reggae deejay and record producer, who recorded extensively in the 1970s and early 1980s.
Biography
[edit ]Spalding was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1955, and began his recording career in the early 1970s working with producer Harry Mudie.[1] [2] He then worked with producer Winston Edwards and had a hit single with "Selassie Skank".[1] [2] He moved on to record for Coxsone Dodd at Studio One and set up his own Small Axe Hi Fi sound system and a record label.[2] In 1978, he was part of the cast of the movie Rockers, directed by Ted Bafaloukos, where he played himself, doing toasting at a sound system party alongside producer and sound system operator Jack Ruby. In the 2000s Spalding had success as a hip hop producer and recording engineer.[2]
Discography
[edit ]- Keep Rocking And Swinging (1976) Celluloid
- At The Control (1978) Live & Love
- African Princess (1978) Thompson Sound/Trojan
References
[edit ]- ^ a b Larkin, Colin (1998) The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae, Virgin Books, ISBN 0-7535-0242-9, pp. 24–25
- ^ a b c d Moskowitz, David V. (2006) Caribbean Music: an Encyclopedia of Reggae, Mento, Ska, Rock Steady, and Dancehall, Greenwood Press, ISBN 0-313-33158-8, p. 29
External links
[edit ]- Big Joe at Roots Archives
