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Band is largely credited with both creating and popularizing Ska, particularly through the release of their \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSka Authentic\u003c\/em\u003e LP on Studio One in 1963.  Members read as a who’s who of Jamaican music legends, comprising at different times of  Roland Alphonso (tenor sax)  Theophilus Beckford (keyboards) Lloyd Brevette (bass) Baba Brooks, (trumpet) Karl Bryan  (alto sax) Drumbago (drums) Don Drummond (trombone) Bobby Ellis, (trumpet) Raymond Harper (trumpet) Jah Jerry (guitar) Hugh Malcolm (drums) Tommy McCook, (trumpet, tenor sax) Jackie Mittoo (keyboards) Johnny “Dizzy” Moore (fluegelhorn, trumpet) Lloyd Nibbs (bass, percussions) Ernest Ranglin (guitar) Rico Rodriguez (trombone) Lester Sterling (alto sax.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs the band officially disbanded in the summer of 1965 with last gig at the Runaway Bay Hotel, Kingston, it’s hard to know exactly what line-up would have played this particular gig. 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