Ernest Ranglin, a Jamaican guitarist started playing ukulele at a young age but soon he switched to guitar and played with several local bands. He helped give birth to the ska phenomenon in the 1950s and recorded lots of records with lots of musicians from Jamaica and the Bahamas. In 1964 he became resident jazz guitarist at Ronnie Scott's jazz club in London (UK) for 9 months and his international career begun. The Graham Bond Organisation were a British jazz/rhythm and blues group of the early 1960s consisting of Graham Bond (vocals, keyboards, alto-saxophone), Jack Bruce (bass), Ginger Baker (drums), Dick Heckstall-Smith (tenor/soprano saxophone) and John McLaughlin (guitar) John Hiseman (drums). They recorded several albums and further recordings were issued when the group's members achieved fame in progressive rock and jazz fusion.

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