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Jackie Mittoo was born on March 3, 1948, in Brown's Town, St. Ann, Jamaica, and passed away on December 16, 1990, at Wellesley Hospital in Toronto, Canada. He began his professional music career at the age of thirteen, performing with various bands, including The Rivals. During this time, he frequented Federal Studios and collaborated with some of Jamaica's top musicians, eventually becoming associated with the Skatalites in June 1964. In 1959, while working as a recording artist at Federal Studios, Jackie Mittoo caught the attention of producer Dodd, who invited him to run sessions at his new studio in Kingston when it opened in 1963. Throughout the 1960s, Mittoo and Dodd recorded thousands of tracks together. After a split, Dodd formed a new studio band under Mittoo's direction, with Alphonso handling horn arrangements while Jackie wrote the music. He led the session musicians, changing their name multiple times, and played a crucial role in the creative process, writing bass lines, chord progressions for guitarists, and arranging recordings. The artists they worked with during this time included various notable names, and their music laid the foundation for reggae, becoming an influential and artistic achievement. Jackie Mittoo died of cancer at the age of 42. He is remembered as an ambassador of Jamaican music worldwide.

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