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Grant Phabao & The Jays - Stepping Up In Time Rework

from Wearplay EP#02 - Heavyweight Gambit, No Holds Barred! by Paris DJs Soundsystem

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The Jays is a group that has made its mark on the Jamaican music scene, with hits such as "Queen Majesty", "Truly", "Yaho" or "Pick Up The Pieces". They originally started out as The Royals, evolved into The Ten Pace and then into the The Jays, and are now composed of Lloyd Forrest, Errol Wilson and Leroy Hall.

Errol Wilson and Lloyd Forest started in The Royals in the mid-60s, famous for Pick Up The Pieces, their first major hit, a foundation riddim, one of the classics today in the dancehall scene, recorded for Coxsone Dodd at Studio One. Lloyd Forest became a member of The Chantels, while Errol Wilson was part of Blach Uhuru in the mid/late 70s, singing harmonies on their first album, "Love Crisis", for Prince Jammy (1977), later reissued as "Black Sounds Of Freedom", after the band had found success. But Errol left the band to concentrate on his own band, The Jays (or The Jayes). Leroy Hall joined them in 2003 and they released together "The Right Solution" album, on Studio One. But Coxsone died in 2004...

In 2005 they met Grant Phabao who had come to Jamaica to visit his friend and collaborator The Lone Ranger. Ranger introduced Phabao to some of his singers and deejays friends, Ranking Trevor, Purpleman, Danny Dread, Echo Minott, Sancho, Mylitan, who all recorded a song on Phabao's riddim, while The Jays did three: "Zion Holy Place", "Agatha" and "Stepping up In Time". During the winter of 2006 Grant Phabao did some reworks of some Jays reggae songs he had produced, into funk and jazz dressings.

Being in the business for almost 40 years, The Jays are now back, as fresh as ever, ready to hit the charts with their new single, Stepping Up In Time, available here in a funk/rock rework for the less dready - produced & engineered by Grant Phabao.

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from Wearplay EP#02 - Heavyweight Gambit, No Holds Barred!, released May 30, 2017
Guillaume Méténier (Soul Sugar) : rhodes
Philippe Niel : clavinet part
Alain Granat : guitar parts
All other instruments, production and audio mastering by Grant Phabao
Written by Errol Wilson
Composed by Fabien Préaux

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