ArtistInfo

Kwame Heshimu

Band,
Reggae
A.k.a. Synthesis Inc.

Kwame Heshimu grew in the shadow of the Blue Mountain. Son of a Cuban expatriate, and a mother, descendant of Jamaican Maroons, he spent his childhood in one of the most inaccessible communities on the island. His grandfather, a saxophonist with dance bandleader Ray Coburn, frequently accompanied Rastafarian drummers. Kwame not only became enthralled with the music, but with the Rastafarian vocabulary, or Iyaric, an intentionally created dialect of English, reflecting their desire to take forward language and confront Babylon system. His romance with word, sound, and power had begun.

Members

	Mikey Chung g, b *1954 JM
	Dean Gant key, syn
	Karl Pitterson b, dr, g JM
	Clarence Burke voc, acg, bvoc 1949-2013
	Steve Ferrone dr, perc *1950 GB
	Noel Alphonso dr
	Lee Jaffe h *1950 US
	Joe Ortiz g, tim, cng
	Winston Gardner b
	Yvonne Wright bvoc 1951-2016 US
	Brenda Madison bvoc, voc US
	Ronald Morris b
	Mikey Ranglin org, p, dr
	Janice Burke bvoc
	Paula Sullivan bvoc
	Balford Breadwood dr
	Nadine Hart bvoc