Larry McDonald

Larry McDonald is a Jamaican percussionist. He was born in Port Maria, Jamaica in 1937. McDonald played congas with Carlos Malcolm’s band, Toots and the Maytals and the Count Ossie Band. He plays a wide variety of traditional percussion instruments.

McDonald has over a half century history of recording and performing with a wide variety of artists, such as Gil Scott-Heron, and Taj Mahal (musician), and Lee “Scratch” Perry. In 2009, McDonald released his first solo album “Drumquestra,” which features many of his former collaborators, including Sly Dunbar, Uziah Thompson of Bob Marley and the Wailers and the former Count Ossie drummers known as the “Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari.” in an orchestra of drummers.

NFT Credits

Credit Type Production Season
Actor The Balm Yard 1990-91 Season