Annette Brissett

Annette Brissett is a Jamaican reggae singer.

Biography Brissett was born in Jamaica and sang in church as a child as well as learning drums from her brother, before moving with her family to New York City at the age of twelve. In the early 1970s, she began her career as a drummer, playing with the all-girl reggae band Steppin'Razor and supporting visiting Jamaican singers.

Brissett became an important part of the Miami reggae scene and has worked with several top Jamaican singers including Hopeton Lindo, Marcia Griffiths, and Beres Hammond, with whom she had a number one single on the South Florida reggae chart with the duet "There For You".

In 2006, Jamaican visual artist Errol "Elgo" Lewis exhibited a collection of 25 paintings inspired by the songs of Brissett at the African-American Research Library and Cultural Center (AARLCC) in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Discography Love Power (1986), Wackies Gun Shooting Raw (1987), Sastan – Annette Brissett and Sistren Get up and Dance (1991), Zodiac/VP Annette (1992), Imp/RAS Name of Life (2002), JVC Victor Lift Your Head Up (2010), TAC