Triston Palma

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Triston Palma
Born1962 (age 60–61)
OriginKingston, Jamaica
Genres Reggae
Instrument(s)Vocals
Years active1970-present

Triston Palma (born 1962) is a Jamaican reggae singer/deejay. He has been active since the mid-1970s.

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Biography

Palma was born in 1962 and grew up in the Waltham Park area of Kingston, and decided from an early age that he wanted to be a singer. [1] [2] He began by singing to the accompaniment of Soul Syndicate guitarist Tony Chin. His first recording was "Love Is A Message" for producer Bunny Lee when he was eight years old, which was followed by "A-Class Girl" for the Black Solidarity label, which was co-run by Palma and Ossie Thomas. [2] [3] [4]

Palma made a major breakthrough with his performance in 1979 at the General Penitentiary Memorial Concert for Claudie Massop, which also featured Bob Marley. [5] At one point in the early 1980s, Palma had nine songs in Jamaica's Top 40. [5] They included his biggest career hit, the dancehall influenced "Entertainment" produced by Nkrumah Jah Thomas and using a reworking of the rhythm from Vin Gordon's "Heavenless". [4] Palma became a popular artist in the "singjay" style in the early 1980s. [1] enjoying further successes with Jah Thomas including: "Water Bubbling", "Spliff Tail", "Raving", "Touch Me, Take Me" and "Run Around Woman".

Palma has worked with Linval Thompson, who produced his Joker Lover and Settle Down Girl albums, and also George Phang, Tony Robinson, Sugar Minott, Bunny Gemini, and Castro Brown.

In the mid-1980s, Palma became involved in the famine-relief charity project Music is Life, along with Freddie McGregor, Mutabaruka, Gregory Isaacs, Third World, Edi Fitzroy, and Steel Pulse, contributing to the charity single "Land of Africa". [2] His popularity continued through the 1980s with dancehall hits that included "Lick Shot", a track that utilized rhythms by Robbie Shakespeare and Sly Dunbar, [4] and in the 1990s he recorded the Three Against War song and album with Dennis Brown and Beenie Man. [1]

Palma has worked as a producer himself, working with artists such as Phillip Frazer, Josey Wales, and Robert Ffrench, and has provided backing vocals for singers such as Sugar Minott, Tony Tuff, and Freddie McGregor. [6] He also built his own Star Creation studio. [3]

Discography

Albums

Contributing artist

Singles

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Larkin, Colin (1998) "The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae", Virgin Books, ISBN   0-7535-0242-9
  2. 1 2 3 van Pelt, Carter (1998) "Interview by Carter Van Pelt", 3 February 1998
  3. 1 2 Rebel Base interview
  4. 1 2 3 Barrow, Steve & Dalton, Peter (2004) "The Rough Guide to Reggae, 3rd edn.", Rough Guides, ISBN   1-84353-329-4
  5. 1 2 "Triston Palma Biography Archived 3 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine ", Big Up Radio
  6. ↑ Triston Palma at Roots Archives
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