Dodd

A BRONZE bust of legendary record producer, Clement 'Coxsone' Dodd, will be unveiled at his Studio One company in St Andrew on Saturday.

The ceremony, which will be addressed by Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports Olivia Grange, is scheduled to start at 3 p.m.

Funds for the bust were provided by the government's Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund. Musicologist, Bunny Goodison, a close friend of Dodd, said he pitched the idea of a bronze likeness of the producer to government two years ago.

The bust was done by Jamaican sculptor Kay Sullivan. She studied at Sir John Cass College in London, England and the Academia di Belle Arti in Rome, Italy.

Dodd was arguably Jamaica's greatest record producer. He produced countless hit songs covering the ska, rocksteady and reggae eras during the 1950s, '60s and '70s.

Major acts such as the Wailers (which included Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Livingston), Bob Andy, the Heptones, Marcia Griffiths, Ken Boothe and Burning Spear, recorded at Studio One.

Dodd died from a heart attack in May, 2004. He was 72 years old.

Since its establishment five years ago, the CHASE Fund has disbursed grants to improve areas of arts and culture including the refurbishing of theatres, museums and publication of books.

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Kay Sullivan