Trevor African aka Cecil Brown

Trevor African is a name used by Jamaican singer and record producer Cecil Brown. I assume that this is the same Cecil Brown who sang in vocal trio The Willows in the `70s and that Cabrock (formerly C A B Rock) is his own record label, C A B  being, presumably, his initials.

 Joan (actually Joanne) is a classic song. It starts with the songs` protagonist sitting alone watching the sunset and reflecting on his relationship with Joan/Joanne. He realises that in life, night passes and a new day begins ; "As the moon goes away/And the sun comes up/We welcome, we welcome/A brand new day" . He admits that there have been times in the relationship when he was in the wrong and his commitment to Joan/Joanne is renewed. It might sound a bit trite put like that, you really have to hear it.   

Jah is My Soul - a nice little tune. Not as strong as Joan but very agreeable and in many ways quite uplifting. The kind of tune that you get it out and play it, and straight away you want to play it again. As I just did. 

Man Fi Choose is DJ/toasting type thingy (what do they call it now ? I wish they still called it "singjay" !) . Normally I don`t like this type of thing but actually this is one of the better ones, more tuneful than most and carrying a message that one should exercise caution when choosing a partner.  Good advice !

Generally if I came across this CD I would disregard it immediately. I don`t like the artwork, I have no interest in dance or hip-hop and I would assume any reggae content would be dancehall or some hastily-produced digi-reggae. 

While it`s true I don`t like much of the music here, at the end we find three Trevor African tracks, Joan, Fuss Over Bust and Island in the Sun, the latter not being available in any other form as far as I know. Unless you love hip-hop etc, it`s probably not going to be worth forking out too much for this, but if you can get it at a reasonable price, I would get it for these three alone, if only to avoid wearing out your vinyl !

I hope this has been of interest and if it encourages someone to take an interest in Cecil aka Trevor, I`ll be happy with that !