Occupation

Recorded in Kingston under producer Arthur “Duke” Reid, with Don Drummond on trombone, Roland Alphonso on saxophone, and Lloyd Knibb on drums. Later discographies tie the track to the Treasure Isle sessions and identify it as a Don Drummond and Baba Brooks Band recording. The track stood among Drummond’s best-known compositions and became a durable showcase for his horn writing and phrasing. It also circulated under the original title and the alternate parenthetical title “Occupation (Ring of Fire),” linking it to one of the period’s familiar melodic sources. The piece has remained a staple of Don Drummond compilations and reissues, keeping it in circulation long after its first appearance. It continues to be referenced as one of the defining recordings from Drummond’s catalog.