The late Jackie Mittoo is a huge figure in Jamaican music history. He is highly respected as an arranger, songwriter and great keyboard player.At a memorial concert in Brixton a decade ago, I saw thousands of people turn up to pay their respects to the legend. The music of the former Skatalites keyboardist will appeal to all music lovers, young or old. You do not have to like Reggae to appreciate Jackie Mittoo as his music is so much more. Warm, funky, sensitive, urgent, amusing...this music is all this at once! The recordings come from Mittoos peak in the 60s and 70s at Coxson Dodd's Studio One. It encompasses elements of Ska, Reggae, soul, Funk, Rocksteady, Boogie, Organ Jazz, Nyabinghi, and Pop. Music does not come any better than this. Jackie Mittoo should be spoken of in the same breath as Jimmy Smith, Brother Jack McDuff, Booker T and all the other greats of Hammond organ.