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Within the years before reggae as well as ska was known beyond the Caribbean, Byron Lee was the 1st bandleader to accomplish a global following playing Jamaican music, and he performed an essential role in popularizing it all over the world. So when Bob Marley was a battling young musician …

Wilbur DeParis, a satisfactory soloist, was a fantastic ensemble participant and a significant bandleader who helped preserve New Orleans jazz alive in the 1950s. He began on alto horn and in 1922 performed C-melody sax while dealing with A.J. Piron before switching completely to trombone. In 1925, DeParis led a …