Rodriguez, Rico

found: Wikipedia WWW site, Oct. 24, 2011(Rico Rodriguez; Emmanuel Rodriguez; Reco; El Reco; b. Oct. 17, 1934, Kingston, Jamaica; ska and reggae trombonist) viewed Sept. 9, 2015 (b. in Havana, Cuba, 17 Oct. 1934; d. in London, 4 Sept. 2015)

found: Scotsman WWW site, viewed Sept. 9, 2015(Rico Rodriguez; born: 17 October, 1934, in Havana, Cuba; died: 4 September, 2015, in London, aged 80; trombone player whose close affiliation with the sound of Jamaican reggae music and its UK-created descendant 2-Tone would put him at the forefront of the genre for half a century and more; until the end of his 20s he was a Kingston-based session player for seminal reggae artists including Prince Buster, but arguably his greatest period of popular recognition was when he joined famed Coventry 2-Tone icons The Specials, first as a session player on their 1979 debut album, then as a full member on the 1980 follow-up More Specials; raised on the west side of Kingston, Jamaica; in 1961 Rodriguez moved to London)