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Justin Yap

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Chinese-Jamaican producer and owner of the Top Deck label who, over an all-night November 1964 session at Studio One, cut some of the finest instrumental ska - including Don Drummond compositions such as 'Chinatown' and 'Confucius' - later gathered on the Skatalites' Ska Boo-Da-Ba.

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Era: Ska and independence-era culture →
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Story · Well supportedThe record men: Chinese-Jamaican producers

From ska instrumentals to modern dancehall, a cluster of Chinese-Jamaican entrepreneurs ran the shops, studios and labels at the centre of the music.