Count Ossie, born Oswald Williams (26 March 1926 – 18 October 1976), was a Jamaican Rastafari drummer and band leader. In the early 1950s, he set up a...

Count Ossie, releasing tracks such as "So Long Rastafari Calling", "Black is Black", and "Give Me Back My Language and Culture" as Im and Count Ossie...

of music, known as ska. Niyabinghi rhythms were largely a creation of Count Ossie, who incorporated influences from traditional Jamaican Kumina drumming...

music, especially the Nyabinghi drumming, and Jamaican popular music. Count Ossie was a notable pioneer of the drumming style in popular music and it continues...

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and songwriter Count Matchuki (c. 1929 – 1995), Jamaican deejay Count Ossie (1926–1976), Jamaican Rastafari drummer and band leader Count Prince Miller...

jazz and rhythm and blues. The first ever ska recording was made by Count Ossie, a Nyabinghi drummer from the rasta community. It is characterized by...

It was one of many Rasta camps to the east of Kingston, including Count Ossie's, which had a different character from those in the west of the city...

bouncer for Duke Reid) approached the legendary Rastafarian percussionist Count Ossie, who had established one of the first Rastafarian camps in Wareika Hill...

has been the site of a residence and later a Rastafarian commune of Count Ossie. Nyabinghi drummers from his Camp David commune have been featured on...