1970
LEAVING ROME * JO JO BENNETT WITH MUDIE'S ALL STARS * TROJAN 7774 * UK
Produced by Harry Mudie this is a beautiful trumpet led instrumental version of Lloyd Jones' Rome. Joseph 'Jo Jo' Bennett became a very accomplished trumpet player while still a youth at the famous Jamaican musical academy The Alpha Boys School, Kingston. After leaving school he played lead trumpet in the Jamaican Military Band, before staring his long and prolific career in Jamaican popular music.