LC control no. | no 97029104 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Count Ossie, -1976 |
Variant(s) | Count Ossie, d. 1976 Ossie, Count, -1976 Williams, Oswald, -1976 |
Associated country | Jamaica |
Birth date | 1928 |
Death date | 19761018 |
Place of birth | St. Thomas Parish (Jamaica) |
Place of death | Kingston (Jamaica) |
Affiliation | Count Ossie Group |
Profession or occupation | Drummers (Musicians) Percussionists Band directors Composers |
Found in | Count Ossie. Grounation [SR] p196-?: label (Count Ossie) Manuel, P. Caribbean currents: p. 159 (Count Ossie (Oswald Williams), Rastafarian master drummer from Jamaica) Barrett, L. The Rastafarians: p. 287 (Count Ossie (Oswald Williams), d. 11-18-76) LC in OCLC, 5-20-96 (MLC hdg.: Ossie, Count) Oxford music online, March 27, 2015: Enc. of popular music, 4th ed. (Count Ossie; born Oswald Williams, 1927, Jamaica, died October 18, 1976) Wikipedia, March 27, 2015 (Count Ossie; born Oswald Williams, 1926, St. Thomas, Jamaica, died October 18, 1976; Jamaican drummer and band leader) The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, Second Edition, accessed July 2, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Ossie, Count; Oswald Williams; percussionist, composer / arranger, bandleader; born 1928 in St. Thomas Parish, Jamaica; started his own drumming band, the Count Ossie Group, in the 1950s; established recording studio collaboration with the singer / producer Prince Buster (Cecil Bustamante); recorded “Oh Carolina,” the first Jamaican recording to combine Ska, Reggae, and Rastafarian ritual music; successfully toured the United States; was killed in a tragic accident at the National Arena, Kingston; died 1976 in Kingston, Jamaica) |