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Jamaican Composers List

With the aid of the JN Foundation, MUJF has undertaken extensive research
into the works of Jamaican composers throughout history.
​See below for a more in-depth look at composers.

CLASSICAL - Jamaican Composers

Samuel Felsted
Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen
Don Shirley
Oswald Russell
Noel Dexter
Paulette Bellamy
Marjorie Whylie
Eleanor Alberga
Shirley Thompson
Peter Ashbourne
Sharon Calcraft
Olive Lewin
Orville Hammond
Jon Williams
Michael Sean Harris
Joy Fairclough
Ted Runcie
Andrew Marshall
Mickhail Johnson
Samuel Felsted (1743 - 1802)
Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen (1852 - 1935)
Don Shirley (1927 - 2013) 

Olive Lewin (1927 - 2013)
Oswald Russell  (1933 – 2012)
Noel Dexter (1938-2019)
Paulette Bellamy (b.1941)

Marjorie Whylie (b. 1944)
Eleanor Alberga (b. 1949)
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Shirley Thompson
Peter Ashbourne (b. 1950)
Sharon Calcraft (b. 1955)
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Orville Hammond (b. 1955)
Jon Williams (b. 1963)
Franklin Halliburton

Joy Fairclough (b.1969)
Ted Runcie (b. 1970)
Andrew Marshall (b. 1982)
​Carl-Anthony Hines
Mikhail Johnson (b. 1989)

PATRIOTIC - Jamaican Composers

Clyde Hoyte
Mapletoft Poulle
Lloyd Hall
Oswald Russell
Major Joe Williams
Music Unites Jamaica, Music Research,  Jamaica Composer, Barry Chevannes,
Barry Chevannes
Peter Ashbourne
Jon Williams
Jo-Ann Faith Richards
Allison Morris
Joy Fairclough
Clyde Hoyte (1915-2003)
Mapletoft Poulle (1923 – 1981)
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Lloyd Hall (1923-2010)
​Oswald Russell (1933 – 2012)
Major Joe Williams (1933 - 2020)
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Barry Chevannes (1940 - 2010)
​Peter Ashbourne (b. 1950)
Jon Williams (b. 1963)
​
Jo-Ann Faith Richards (b. 1964)​
Allison Morris (b.1966)
Joy Fairclough (b.1969)
Astley Clerk
B.C. Reid
Douglas Forrest
​Father Richard Ho Lung
Godfrey Taylor
Lisa Narcisse

Noel Foster Davis
Robert Lightbourne
​Eric Levy

SACRED - Jamaican Composers

Clyde Hoyte, Jamaican Music Composers, Religious Music Composer Jamaica,
Clyde Hoyte
RELIGIOUS - Jamaican Composers
Lloyd Hall
RELIGIOUS - Jamaican Composers
Oswald Russell
RELIGIOUS - Jamaican Composers
Noel Dexter
RELIGIOUS - Jamaican Composers
Barry Chevannes
Music Unites Jamaica Foundation, RELIGIOUS, Jamaican Composers, Paul Thorbourne, Paul Thorbourne Jamaica,
Paul Thorbourne
RELIGIOUS - Jamaican Composers
Jon Williams
Jo-Ann Richards
RELIGIOUS - Jamaican Composers
Joy Fairclough
RELIGIOUS - Jamaican Composers
Marjorie Whylie
RELIGIOUS - Jamaican Composers
Allison Morris
RELIGIOUS - Jamaican Composers
Andrew Marshall
Mickhail Johnson
Clyde Hoyte (1915-2003)
​Lloyd Hall (1923-2010)
Oswald Russell (1933 – 2012)
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Noel Dexter (1938-2019)
Barry Chevannes 
(1940 - 2010)
Paul Thorbourne (b. 1950)
Jon Williams (b. 1963)
Jo-Ann Faith Richards (b. 1964)​
​Joy Fairclough (b.1969)
Marjorie Whylie
Allison Morris (b.1966)
Andrew Marshall ​(b. 1982)
Mikhail Johnson (b. 1989)
​Olive Lewin (1927-2013)
Father Richard Ho Lung
Douglas Forrest
​Lisa Narcisse
Godfrey Taylor

Franklin Halliburton

THEATRE AND DANCE - Jamaican Composers

Oswald Russell
Noel Dexter
Peter Ashbourne
Marjorie Whylie
Jon Williams
Joy Fairclough
Allison Morris
​Oswald Russell (1933 – 2012)
Noel Dexter (1938-2019)
Peter Ashbourne (b. 1950)
Marjorie Whylie
Jon Williams (b. 1963)

Allison Morris (b.1966)
​Joy Fairclough (b. 1969)
Father Richard Ho Lung
Franklin Halliburton
Michael Holgate

PANTOMIME - Jamaican Composers

Mapletoft Poulle
Oswald Russell
Noel Dexter
Boris Gardiner
Peter Ashbourne
Mapletoft Poulle (1923 – 1981)
​Oswald Russell (1933 – 2012)
Noel Dexter (1938-2019)
Boris Gardiner 
(b. 1943)
Peter Ashbourne (b. 1950)
Grub Cooper
​
Barbara Ferland

FILM & MEDIA - Jamaican Composers

Boris Gardiner
Peter Ashbourne
Pluto Shervington
Alex Martin-Blanken
Andre Williams
Jon Joseph Nepaul
Boris Gardiner (b. 1943)
Glenroy 'Ernie' Smith
​Sonny Bradshaw
​Carlos Malcolm

Peter Ashbourne (b. 1950)
Pluto Shervington (b. 1950)
​Alex Martin-Blanken (b. 1975) 
Andre Williams (b. 1982)

Jon Joseph Nepaul (b.1990)
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Jon Williams (b. 1963)
​Grub Cooper
Richard Patterson
Philip Myers
Rupert Bent Jr.
Jeremy Ashbourne

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JAZZ - Jamaican Composers

Jon Williams
Jon Williams (b. 1963)
Peter Ashbourne (b. 1950)
Carlos Malcolm
Monty Alexander
Sonny Bradshaw
Ernest Ranglin
Marjorie Whylie 
Cedric IM Brooks
Tommy McCook
Don Drummond
Wilton Gainer
Douglas Ewart
Dizzy Reece
Joe Harriott 
Bertie King
Leslie Thompson
Sonny Grey
Trevor  Watkis
Herman Wilson
Aubrey Adams 
Chris Sterling 
Maurice Gordon
Seretse Small
Foggy Mullings
Johnny Osbourne
Jackie Mittoo
Orville Hammond
Hugh Pape
Kathy Brown
Pam Hall

ELECTRONIC FOLK BEAT MUSIC - Jamaican Composers

Michael Sean Harris
Michael Sean Harris (b. 1972)
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