David Hillyard

Having become together in 1997 for the sake developing a appear that combed Jamaican rooted reggae, ska, and jazz with added single improvisations, Dave Hillyard recruited several musicians to greatly help him total this project. Leading to Dave Hillyard as well as the Rocksteady Seven, his support band would consist of Will Clark (trombone), Jermy Mushlin (trumpet), Mike Bitz (bass), Vic Ruggerio (piano), Dave Hahn (acoustic guitar), Eddie Ocampo (drums), and Larry Macdonald (percussion). Alongside Hillyard himself around the tenor and soprano saxophone, affects such as for example John Coltrane, the Skatalites, Coleman Hawkins, and Sidney Bechet had been captured on his 1999 debut recording Playtime; that was released with the Epitaph subdivision of Hellcat Information.