Jackie Mittoo (3 March 1948 ? 16 December 1990) was a Jamaican keyboardist, songwriter and musical director. Mittoo was among the true legends of reggae - a founding member of The Skatalites and an extraordinarily prolific songwriter, he was perhaps most influential as a mentor to countless younger performers, primarily through his work as the musical director at the famed Studio One.[LINK: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:0ifqxqtgldae~T1] [1] Life and career He was born Donat Roy Mittoo, in Browns Town, St Ann's, Jamaica, and began learning to play the piano at the age of four under the tutelage of his grandmother. In the 1960s he was a member of The Skatalites, The Rivals, The Sheiks, The Soul Brothers and The Soul Vendors. Among Mittoo's greatest contributions of the mid to late 1960s were "Darker Shade of Black" (the basis for Frankie Paul's "Pass the Tu Sheng Peng"), Freddie McGregor's "Bobby

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