Remember Jakoostik, they will be at Bookophilia October 23

On Sunday October 23, the Jakoostik Music Ensemble featuring Wayne Armond, Seretse Small and Donald Waugh will be performing a full performance at the Bookophiilia Book shop on 92 Hope Road at 6:00 pm.

This is a follow up performance from the successful album launch on August 21 where the audience was demanding to know when the next performance of the group would be.

About Jakoostik

The JaKoostiK Music Ensemble formerly known as the Calabash Acoustic Ensemble consists of Wayne Armond, Seretse Small and Donald Waugh knocking out with passion and ease Jamaican Classics from the catalogues of Peter Tosh, Bob Andy, Beres Hammond, Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff and others all with an acoustic vibe.

Wayne Armond has made is mark on Jamaican music history as the leader of the reggae group Chalice and is a producer of note on several projects collaborating with groups from around the world and nurturing the sound of the next generation with groups like Rootz Underground and Etana.

Donald is a talented mutli-instrumentalist and music teacher who has recently toured with the mento group “The Jolly Boys”. An avid session musician and producer he runs his own production out “Airplai productions”.

Seretse Small is the CEO of his own music company Griot Music Limited which is a leader in the promotion of live music in Jamaica through bookings and artist development. Formerly a student of the Jamaica School of Music and having done courses at New England Conservatory and Berklee Jazz College in Boston he is the jazz improviser in the group.

The group owes its beginnings to being the featured musical act at the Calabash Literary festival where for seven years the group looked at the work of Jamaican Songwriters as literature performing them acoustically with analysis and joy.

Now the group is the

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