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Ernest Ranglin
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Ernest Ranglin

Since 1932

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Ernest Adheir "Ernie" Ranglin (born 19 June 1932) is a Jamaican guitarist and composer who established his career while working as a session guitarist and music director for various Jamaican record labels, including Studio One and Island Records. Ranglin played guitar on many early ska recordings and helped create the rhythmic guitar style that defined the form. He has worked with Theophilus Beckford, Jimmy Cliff, Monty Alexander, Prince Buster, the Skatalites, Bob Marley and the Eric Deans Orchestra. Ranglin is noted for a chordal and rhythmic approach that blends jazz, mento and reggae with percussive guitar solos incorporating rhythm 'n' blues and jazz inflections.

Ranglin was honoured with the Order of Jamaica in the 2021 National Honours and Awards on Jamaica’s 59th Anniversary of Independence.

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Ernest Ranglin est un guitariste né le 19 juin 1932 à Manchester (Jamaïque), qui a évolué dans différents styles musicaux, dont le jazz, le ska et le reggae avec un tel talent qu'on a pu lui discerner le titre de « patriarche de la musique jamaïcaine ». Contrairement à une rumeur vivace, Ernest Ranglin n'a jamais été le professeur de guitare de Bob Marley.[réf. souhaitée]

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