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01. CEDRIC "IM" BROOKS & THE LIGHT OF SABA - Lambs Bread Collie
02. The Light Of Saba - Sabasi
03. CEDRIC "IM" BROOKS & THE LIGHT OF SABA - Free Up Black Man
04. CEDRIC "IM" BROOKS & THE LIGHT OF SABA - Outcry
05. CEDRIC "IM" BROOKS & THE LIGHT OF SABA - Salt Lane Rock
06. CEDRIC "IM" BROOKS & THE LIGHT OF SABA - Sabebe
07. CEDRIC "IM" BROOKS & THE LIGHT OF SABA - Nobody's Business
08. CEDRIC "IM" BROOKS & THE LIGHT OF SABA - Rasta Lead On Version
09. CEDRIC "IM" BROOKS & THE LIGHT OF SABA - Sabayindah
10. CEDRIC "IM" BROOKS & THE LIGHT OF SABA - Rebirth
11. CEDRIC "IM" BROOKS & THE LIGHT OF SABA - Satta Massa Gana
12. CEDRIC "IM" BROOKS & THE LIGHT OF SABA - Africa
13. CEDRIC "IM" BROOKS & THE LIGHT OF SABA - Sound
14. CEDRIC "IM" BROOKS & THE LIGHT OF SABA - Sly Mongoose
15. CEDRIC "IM" BROOKS & THE LIGHT OF SABA - Words Of Wisdom
16. CEDRIC "IM" BROOKS & THE LIGHT OF SABA - Jah Light It Right
17. CEDRIC "IM" BROOKS & THE LIGHT OF SABA - Ethiopia Tikdem
18. CEDRIC "IM" BROOKS & THE LIGHT OF SABA - Song For My Father
19. The Light Of Saba - Collie Version
ARTIST
TITLE
The Magical Light Of Saba
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
HJR 004CD HJR 004CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
11/10/2009

This compilation is drawn from extremely rare singles and LPs featuring the work of Cedric "Im" Brooks -- an old boy of the Alpha School in Kingston, Jamaica, alongside alumni like Don Drummond, Johnny Moore and Tommy McCook of The Skatalites, jazz-men Joe Harriott and Harold McNair, and too many other musical giants to mention. He was a member of The Vagabonds before Jimmy James moved the group to England, and during the '60s, toured Caribbean hotels and clubs with various big bands and combos. His own musical horizons -- especially new jazz music -- were increasingly distant from these constrained commercial contexts; and he eagerly accepted an invitation to visit a friend in the U.S. In Philadelphia, Cedric was awe-struck by the music and vibes of the Sun Ra Arkestra. He was on the point of joining the commune, when the birth of his second daughter necessitated his return to Jamaica. Amazingly, though, rocksteady was in full swing on the island, and Cedric took up Ra's challenge by starting The Mystics, to experiment with free-jazz and poetry, African robes and dancers. During this period, Cedric's long association with Studio One produced the hit single "Money Maker" and his musical direction of Count Ossie's Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari was commemorated by the classic Grounation triple-LP set, before his frustrations with purely rasta patterns encouraged him to set up The Light of Saba, in order to go into other aspects of African drumming. Taking leads from Hugh Masekela and Fela Kuti, the recordings of Cedric "Im" Brooks and The Light of Saba delineate "world music" way ahead of its time. The group offers a blend of African and U.S., Cuban and other West Indian influences -- calypso and funk, rumba and be-bop, nyabinghi and disco -- magnificently expressed as classic reggae.