Count Ossie

Count Ossie
Musician, Percussionist
Principal country concerned : Column : Music
Jamaica

Count Ossie, born Oswald Williams (1926, St. Thomas, Jamaica - 18 October 1976) was a Jamaican drummer and band leader.

As a young boy Ossie grew up in a rasta community where he learned techniques of vocal chanting and hand drumming under the tutelage of Brother Job.

Read the whole artist's presentation [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_Ossie]

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