Prince Jazzbo
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Pioneering reggae deejay and producer from Studio One's early-1970s roster, later running his own Ujama record label.
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- Birth name
- Linval Roy Carter
- Born
- September 3, 1951, Clarendon Parish, Jamaica
- Died
- September 11, 2013 (lung cancer)
Full biography
Linval Roy Carter, known as Prince Jazzbo, was a Jamaican reggae and dancehall deejay and producer born in Clarendon Parish and raised in Kingston. He began his career on sound systems, including The Whip in Spanish Town, before starting to record in the early 1970s at Coxsone Dodd's Studio One label, where he built his reputation as a deejay in the toasting tradition that predated dancehall.
Beyond Studio One, Jazzbo recorded for producers Glen Brown and Lee "Scratch" Perry, contributing to Perry's Super Ape sessions, and later worked with Bunny Lee. He also became a producer in his own right, establishing several labels including Ujama, Mr Funny, Brisco, and Count 123, through which he released his own material and worked with other artists as both vocalist and producer.
Prince Jazzbo died on September 11, 2013, aged 62, following a battle with lung cancer.
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