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- Artist: Dwight Pinkney
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- Release Date: December 07, 1999
- Genre: Reggae
Review
Jamaican guitarist Dwight Pinkney is best known for his work with Zap Pow and the Roots Radics, but with Jamaican Memories by the Score he has found a new platform for his melodic playing and steady, deep tone. A mixture of light reggae and jazz, Memories features old playing mates Ansel Collins on organ, Dean Fraser on saxophone, David Madden on trumpet, and the seemingly everywhere-at-once Sly Dunbar on drums and percussion. Revisiting well-known Jamaican standards like Gregory Isaacs' "Tune In," Delroy Wilson's "Better Must Come," Dennis Brown's "Left With a Broken Heart," Eric Donaldson's "Cherry Oh Baby," and Alton Ellis' "Cry Tough," Pinkney weaves easy, lyrical leads from his Fly-Parker (his signature Les Paul became too heavy to use regularly, particularly on-stage), resulting in a sound not unlike what fellow island guitarist Ernest Ranglin has been doing for some time now. Pinkney isn't quite as sprightly a player as Ranglin, but he has a thick, elegant tone to his lines that give these tracks a stirring and subtle depth. He also doesn't overplay, giving Jamaican Memories by the Score a real ensemble feel. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Tune In | Gregory Isaacs | Dwight Pinkney | (3:51) |
| Better Must Come | Delroy Wilson | Dwight Pinkney | (3:32) |
| Screwface | Bob Marley | Dwight Pinkney | (3:19) |
| Memories by the Score | Dwight Pinkney | (3:36) | |
| Evening Time | Louise Bennett | Dwight Pinkney | (3:27) |
| Left With a Broken Heart | John Holt | Dwight Pinkney | (3:28) |
| Barbwire | Dwight Pinkney | (2:48) | |
| Night Nurse | Gregory Isaacs, |
Dwight Pinkney | (3:48) |
| Cherry Oh Baby | Eric Donaldson | Dwight Pinkney | (3:09) |
| Many Rivers to Cross | Jimmy Cliff | Dwight Pinkney | (3:26) |
| Promise Me (How Could I Live) | Dwight Pinkney | Dwight Pinkney | (4:59) |
| Dangerous Disturbances | Dwight Pinkney | (4:07) | |
| Can I Change My Mind | Dwight Pinkney | (3:45) | |
| Lord Deliver Us | Alton Ellis | Dwight Pinkney | (3:16) |
| Let Him Go | Dwight Pinkney | (3:26) | |
| Cry Tough | Alton Ellis, Winston Jarrett | Dwight Pinkney | (3:23) |
| Go Back Home | Dwight Pinkney | (3:45) | |
| Morning of My Life | Barry Gibb | Dwight Pinkney | (4:13) |
| El Niño | Dwight Pinkney | Dwight Pinkney | (4:19) |
| Candle in the Wind | Elton John, Bernie Taupin | Dwight Pinkney | (3:52) |
