Groundation
Groundation performing at the 2006 Jamaican Reggae Festival in Kandel, Germany
Background information
Origin	California, United States
Genre(s)	Reggae
Years active	1998–present
Label(s)	Young Tree
Associated acts	Don Carlos Israel Vibration
Website	www.groundation.com
Members
Harrison Stafford Ryan Newman Marcus Urani David "Diesel" Chachere Kelsey Howard Paul "Papa" Spina Mingo Lewis Junior Kerry-Ann Morgan Kim Pommell
Former members
Jason Robinson James Stafford Ben Krames

Groundation is an American roots reggae band with jazz and dub influences from Sonoma in Northern California. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Reggae is a Music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Don Carlos aka Don McCarlos (born Ervin Spencer, 29 June 1952) is a Jamaican Reggae singer and composer Israel Vibration is a Reggae harmony trio originating from Kingston Jamaica. Roots reggae is a subgenre of Reggae that concerns itself with the life of the ghetto sufferer and the rural poor Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States Dub is a form of music which evolved from Reggae in the late 1960s Sonoma is a historically significant city in Sonoma Valley, Sonoma County California, USA. Northern California is the northern portion of the US state of California.

History

The band was formed in the fall of 1998 by Harrison Stafford, Marcus Urani, and Ryan Newman. In 1999, Stafford teamed up with Kris Dilbeck to found Young Tree Records and release Groundation's debut album of the same name. In 2000 they added to the line up David Chachere, a San Francisco based jazz trumpeter, and Kelsey Howard, a North Bay trombone player. Saxophonist Jason Robinson was a member of the band for a time, and has since gone on to become the head of the jazz program at UC San Diego. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States The University of California San Diego (popularly known as UC San Diego or UCSD) is a public Research university in San Diego, California Drummer Paul Spina (Les Claypool, Will Bernard’s Mother Bug) has been with the group since taking over for James Stafford in December 2001. Leslie Edward "Les" Claypool (born September 29, 1963 in Richmond, California, U Will Bernard is a guitarist and band leader from the San Francisco Bay Area, now living in Brooklyn New York.

Between 1999 and 2001, Harrison Stafford taught the first course on the History of Reggae Music at Sonoma State University. Sonoma State University is a public coeducational business and Liberal arts college affiliated with the California State University system

Lineup

• Harrison Stafford – vocals, guitar
• Ryan Newman – bass
• Marcus Urani – keyboards
• David "Diesel" Chachere – trumpet
• Kelsey Howard – trombone
• Paul Spina – drums
• Kerry Ann Morgan – chorus
• Kim Pommell – chorus
• Mingo Lewis Jr – congas, timbales, percussion

Discography

Studio albums

• 1999: Young Tree (Remastered in 2002)
• 2001: Each One Teach One
• 2002: Hebron Gate
• 2004: We Free Again
• 2005: Dub Wars
• 2006: Upon the Bridge

External links

• Groundation official website
• Young Tree Records official website
• Groundation at MySpace
• Groundation album reviews at Reggae-Reviews. Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with Speech. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a Musical keyboard. The trombone is a Musical instrument in the brass family Like all brass instruments it is a lip-reed Aerophone: sound is produced when the player’s A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of Drums Cymbals and sometimes other Percussion instruments such as cowbells The conga is tall narrow single-headed Cuban Drum of African origin probably derived from the Congolese Makuta drums or Sikulu Timbales (or tymbales) are shallow single-headed Drums shallower in shape than single-headed tom-toms, and usually much higher tuned Young Tree is the debut album by the American Reggae band Groundation. Each One Teach One is the second album by American Reggae band Groundation. Hebron Gate is the third release by American Reggae band Groundation. We Free Again is the fourth studio release by American Reggae band Groundation. Dub Wars is the fifth release by American Reggae band Groundation. Upon the Bridge is the sixth album by American Reggae band Groundation. MySpace is a popular social networking Website offering an interactive user-submitted network of friends personal profiles blogs groups photos music and com
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