Count Ossie (left, front row) with members of the All African Peoples Revolutionary Party during a visit to The Gleaner Company in July 1974. Standing at left is Trinidad-born Black Power advocate, Stokely Carmichael. - File

The 'Mystic' backed the Folkes Brothers on Oh Carolina, the 1959 hit song produced by Prince Buster.

The MRR's finest work is Grounation, an album recorded in 1973.

Another strong studio effort, Tales of Mozambique, was released in 1975.

Rodriquez's remarkable 1977 album, Man From Wareika, was inspired by his time with Count Ossie.

Trombonist Nambo Robinson got his start with the MRR.

Count Ossie (born Oswald Williams in 1926) was killed in an auto accident in Kingston on October 18, 1976, returning from his native St Thomas.

In October 2007, the Institute of Jamaica awarded the MRR the Musgrave Gold Medal for its contribution to Jamaican music.