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Jackie Mittoo
Sign in to saveAlso known as Donat Roy Mittoo, Donat Roy "Jackie" Mittoo, Donat Roy Jackie Mittoo
Jamaican-Canadian keyboardist, songwriter and musical director
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Within Vinony's link graph, Jackie Mittoo is referenced by 110 other articles, and connects out to Jamaica, Toronto and Ontario.
Vinony files it under 1948 births, 1990 deaths and 20th-century Black Canadian musicians.
Its subject is documented across 13 Wikipedia language editions.
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Canada
- Active from
- 1948-03-03
- Active to
- 1990-12-16
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 181,967
- Total plays
- 1,918,115
Tags
Jackie Mittoo (Donat Roy Mittoo, Browns Town, Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica, 3 March 1948 — Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 16 December 1990) was a Jamaican organ, piano and keyboard player, songwriter and musical director. Keyboard virtuoso Jackie Mittoo was among the true legends of reggae -- a founding member of the Skatalites and an extraordinarily prolific songwriter, he was perhaps most influential as a mentor to countless younger performers, primarily through his work as the musical director at t
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Roy
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Jamaica
- Place of birth
- Brown's Town
- Place of death
- Toronto
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Employer
- Studio One
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- ska
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- Studio One
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- date of birth
- 1948-03-03
- date of death
- 1990-12-16
- cause of death
- cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1961-00-00
- birth name
- Donat Roy Mittoo
- name in native language
- Jackie Mittoo
- copyright representative
- Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada
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