Looking for Ancel and Jumbo!

Hello everyone :) Im doing a little wedding planning on my day off and figured its never too early to procure music! Does anyone know how to contact Ancel W. Powell or Jumbo aka "Jamaica Jumbo"?

Both performed at a friends wedding a few years ago and i would LOVE to have them at mine! She was able to contact Ancel and his band through Selena's but from my understanding Selena's no longer exists.

We met Jumbo while having dinner at 3 Dives where he suddenly appeared and began serenading us with his guitar and angelic voice :)

Information for either would be greatly appreciated! Im also open to other band suggestions if I can not find these wonderful performers, but I would like to exhaust all of my resources before giving up on my search for Ancel!

Here is a link to another boardie's advice and suggestions on planning a wedding..he has the info for who he used for music also!

http://negril.com/forum/showthread.p...ghlight=iratio

I believe Ancel sings almost every Friday night at Coco La Palm. You may be able to reach him through them. If you call Coco ask for Keri ann who is the entertainment coordinator and she will probably give you his phone number. Sorry I don't know who Jumbo is. Ancel also walks the beach singing at Bloody Bay. Maybe someone going to RIU or Couples in the near future could get his phone number.

here is a video featuring Ancel's voice - great roots reggae singer (kind of a cross between Dennis Brown and Freddy MacGregor)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ67v9rSDTs

and her is another video showing Ancel performing on the beach - the footnotes on the video do give a phone number for Ancel but I am not sure if it is a current number (video was posted a few years ago).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS9_r...eature=related

Thank you Mo! I will definitely be contacting Coco la palm.

And BC thanks for the videos. I love Ancel's raspy, soulful, but friendly voice.

Rastagal thanks for the link. I've got it bookmarked now, because I've been coming to the board and searching threads to reference it :)

I bought one of Ancel's CD's at one of his performances a few years ago and listen to it all the time!

love listening to Ancel......he use to preform at Selina's which is Cafe Goa now........
mi trip report from 2008 has some photos of him playing at Selina's.........

Cool Runnings, Marko

We first met Ansel when he was working the beach with Howard.. Don't know hwat happened to Howard, but we saw Ansel last reach on the beach.. Great guy! Wonderful musician!

this is Jumbo when he was playing at Samsara back in 2006 (or around then). He was great--he had pitch perfect voice and guitar and we sang a ton of bob marley songs together. He found out that I liked the Marcia Griffiths version of Knocking on Heavens door and busted out a perfect rendition for me the second time he played there during my stay. um--he does not have freaky ghoulish eyes like in the shot I took, it is just me not knowing how or taking the time to correct the photos.

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@DaRev We saw Howie in Dec 2011 but he was not around in Apr 2012. Someone said they thought he might have been in Germany.

Still looking for Ancell if anyone can help? Still haven't had any luck or replies to my contacts!

Glad you bumped this thread up as we see him around once in awhile...we'll get his phone number for you when we see him again.

I think he still plays at Coco on Friday nights. He was still there in Nov.