1920s

Tommy McCook (3 March 1927 – 5 May 1998) Perhaps the most innovative and influential tenor saxophonist in Jamaican popular music; founding member of The Skatalites band; leader of The Supersonics band and member of The Revolutionaries.

Oswald Williams, (1928-1976) Count Ossie is said to be among the first if not the first to put niyabinghi drumming to records and so helped to establish and maintain Rastafari culture through Jamaican music; incorporating influences from traditional Jamaican Kumina drumming with songs and rhythms. He formed a group called "Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari" producing the masterpiece 'Grounation' (1973).