death_date years_active birth_place label article_title background birth_date instrument genre origin name
19 february 2001 -lrb- aged 65 -rrb- mid-1950s & ndash ; 2001 trench town , kingston , jamaica king pioneer theophilus beckford
 non_vocal_instrumentalist 1935 piano calypso , rhythm & blues , ska , reggae kingston , jamaica theophilus beckford
theophilus beckford

theophilus beckford -lrb- 1935 -- 19 february 2001 -rrb- was a jamaican pianist and one of the pioneers of jamaican popular music during the transition from rhythm 'n' blues to jamaican ska .
