Born in 1940 in the Parish of St. Ann’s Jamaica, Winston Jarrett moved to Kingston at 5 years old and grew up alongside Reggae innovators and pioneers including Rasta Elder Mortimore Planno and singers Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and Bunny Wailer. Winston was taught to play guitar by Jimmy Cliff and Alton Ellis and began his singing career in 1962 as a member of the group Alton Ellis & the Flames. In 1967 when Ellis moved to the UK, Jarrett formed his own group, Winston Jarrett & the Righteous Flames and began recording with Duke Reid’s Treasure Isle and Coxsonne Dodd’s Studio One labels. Winston joined forces with newly independent producer Lee « Scratch » Perry in 1969 and began recording in Perry’s Black Ark Studio with future Bob Marley rhythm section Aston « Family Man » Barrett on bass and brother Carlton Barrett on drums. He began to self-produce his music in the 1970′s and has been doing so ever since on his own Attra, Human Rights, and Humble Labels.
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