Ossie Hibbert
Hibbert (16 January 1951 – 1 July 2012) was a Jamaican organist, keyboard player and record producer.
Ossie Hibbert
- Name
- Ossie Hibbert
- Birth Name
- Oswald Hibbert
- Born
- 16 January 1951
- Birthplace
- Kingston, Jamaica
- Died
- 1 July 2012
- Place of death
- Long Island, New York
- Nationality
- Jamaica
- Occupation
- record producer · composer · musician
- Fields
- reggae
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Key facts
• Name — Ossie Hibbert • Background — non_vocal_instrumentalist • Birth Name — Oswald Hibbert • Born — 16 January 1951 • Birthplace — Kingston, Jamaica • Died — 1 July 2012 • Place of death — Long Island, New York • Instrument — Organ, Piano, keyboards • Genre — Reggae • Years Active — Mid-1970s–2012 • Label — Earthquake, Live & Love • Past Member Of — The Professionals The Aggrovators The Revolutionaries Oswald "Ossie" Hibbert (16 January 1951 – 1 July 2012) was a Jamaican organist, keyboard player and record producer.
Biography
Biography
Hibbert began to be active in Jamaican music in the mid-1970s, working as a keyboard player as part of The Professionals, The Aggrovators and The Revolutionaries, and playing on dozens of albums by artists such as Johnny Clarke, Gregory Isaacs, Jimmy London, Delroy Wilson, and Linval Thompson. He recorded two albums in the 1970s, Crueshal Dub (1976) and Satisfaction in Dub (1978), and in the late 1970s began working as a producer of other artists at Channel One Studios, his album productions including Gregory Isaacs Meets Ronnie Davis, Mr. Isaacs (Gregory Isaacs), Creation (Freddie McKay), Cocaine in My Brain (Dillinger), and Earthquake Dub. He opened his own Ossie Hibbert Productions company in the 1980s and worked with artists such as Gregory Isaacs, Carlene Davis, and Pat Kelly. Still active in the 2000s, his recent credits include production work for Chaka Demus & Pliers, Errol Dunkley, Peter Hunnigale, and The Wailing Souls.
Death
Death
Hibbert died in New York on 1 July 2012 of a heart attack.
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Long Island.
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Discography
• Crueshal Dub (1976), Earthquake • Satisfaction in Dub (1978), Live & Love – credited to Ossie Hibbert & the Revolutionaries • Leggo Dub (2005), Hotpot
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