Richard Hall (musician)

Former Alpha Boys^[1] school student, Richard Hall was well known for his tenor saxophone playing. In 1974, he played on Jacob Miller's "Keep On Knocking" for Augustus Pablo's Rockers Production team.^[2] In 1975, he was asked to contribute to Burning Spear's Marcus Garvey album,^[3] which featured the Black Disciples^[4] band. He also played on Augustus Pablo's dub album King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown^[5] and Peter Tosh's second solo album, Equal Rights. The film Rockers features Richard Hall, alongside Bobby Ellis, Herman Marquis and Tommy McCook, playing "Satta A Massagana" in a backyard. Hall also appeared on the cover of the VHS release.^[6]

Hall was shot and killed during a robbery in Manhattan.^[7][8][9]