Clue J & His Blues Blasters

Formed in the late 1950s, the band was led by double bassist Cluett Johnson (aka Clue J),[1] and other members included Ernest Ranglin (guitar), Emmanuel "Rico" Rodriguez (trombone), Roland Alphonso (tenor saxophone), Theophilus Beckford (piano), Aubrey Adams (piano/organ), and Arkland "Drumbago" Parks (drums).[2] The band was the first to make records in Jamaica, their earliest releases being calypso or R&B, such as "Shuflling Jug", and were promoted on producer Clement "Coxsone" Dodd's Downbeat sound system and released on his Worldisc label.[2] Johnson is sometimes credited with creating the term "ska", after telling Ranglin to "play it like ska, ska, ska", but this is disputed.[2] Most of the band members went on to greater fame in bands such as The Skatalites.[2] Johnson relocated to Montego Bay where he performed at a hotel until his death.[3]