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Since his debut at the International Reggae Day concert in 1995, Jah Mali has steadily built a catalogue and following indicative on long term success. Supported positive and melodic material, the singer’s smooth vocals cascade easily over the notes through the listener’s body. After receiving the encouragement of characters like Fatis Burrell and Tony Rebel, Jah Mali (born Ryan Thomas on April 5th, 1972) began recording in the mid 90’s with great producers like Donovan Germain, Barry O’Hare and Bobby Digital, becoming one of the freshest voices of revival roots of the period. Among his first considerable singles we remember “Let Jah Be Praised”, “Let Me Live” and “Wake Up”. He breaks through with the single “El Shaddai”, possibly his best tune. He does a duet with Buju Banton in “Mother’s Cry” and began to take part of Donovan Germain’s Penthouse tour, led by Buju. The association with Germain is carried out further the following year with the release singles like “Cry People”, “Politics”, “21st Century” and above all, with the magnificent CD “El Shaddai”, one of the better reggae records of that year. Jah Mali sings also in 1999 on Morgan Heritage’s Liberation riddim, his notable “Naturality”, and the same year Digital B publishes the CD “Treasure box”, containing songs by Jah Mali, that the producer had on the shelves for years. The same year, on the same label, saw the release of the remarkable single “Long Long Time”. In the years that followed Jah Mali, recorded a various singles maintaining the high quality he’s known for. |
