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Ska (/ s k ɑː /; Jamaican Creole: skia, ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. [1] It combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues. Ska is characterized by a walking bass line accented with rhythms on the off beat.
The ska stroke up or ska upstroke, skank or bang, is a guitar strumming technique that is used mostly in the performance of ska, rocksteady, and reggae music. [5] It is derived from a form of rhythm and blues arrangement called the shuffle , a popular style in Jamaican blues parties of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.
Two-tone, or 2 tone, also known as ska-rock [citation needed] and ska revival, [1] is a genre of British popular music of the late 1970s and early 1980s that fused traditional Jamaican ska, rocksteady, and reggae music with elements of punk rock and new wave music. [1]
Phoenix City: A History of the World's Greatest Ska Band (Sanctuary Records, 2004) In the Mood for Ska – The Moonska Years (Recall Records UK, 2004) Independent Ska (Atom Music, 2006) Anthology (Primo, 2007) The Skatalites Play Ska (Kingston Sounds, 2007) Kingston 11 (King Edwards, 2008) Occupation Ska! Very Best of Skatalites (101 ...
Ivan Chin - Mento music's pages on mento pioneer Ivan Chin. The Mento dance is a Jamaican folk form dance with the instruments acoustic guitar, banjo, hand drums and the rhumba box; Solid Treat: Mento in Jamaica ca. 1951-57 - A sampling of mento music originally released on small record labels, restored and collected by Canary Records.
In 2015, Hunter joined the ska punk band We Are the Union on trombone and backing vocals, marking their return from a three-year hiatus. [5] Hunter, a fan of the band since high school, had jokingly asked on Facebook if the band needed a trombonist, and frontwoman Reade Wolcott, who had seen a video of Hunter performing one of their songs, invited them to join.
Its rhythms are the basis of reggae music, through the influential ska band, the Skatalites. It is said that their drummer revolutionized Jamaican music by combining the various Niyabinghi parts into a 'complete' "drum kit," which combined with jazz to create an entirely new form of music, known as ska.
[6] [7] In 2007, Morgan appeared on the bill at the annual Augustibuller music festival. His song "Tougher Than Tough" was featured in the video game Scarface: The World is Yours. [citation needed] Morgan continued to perform occasionally at ska revival shows across the world, [3] often backed by the guitarist Lynn Taitt until the latter's ...