Harry J Allstars & Karl Bryan

The band behind "Liquidator" and a slew of other skanking instrumentals, whose music was crucial in popularizing early reggae worldwide, the Harry J All-Stars were not a singular entity, but the moniker bestowed on all the bands and session men employed by producer Harry "J" Johnson over the years. At the dawn of the reggae era, when Johnson's instrumental 45s first began appearing, the All-Stars were drawn primarily from Gladdy's All-Stars, a group led by pianist Gladstone "Gladdy" Anderson and featuring bassist Jackie Jackson, drummer Winston Grennan, guitarist Hux Brown, an...