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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.
This is a list of notable bands and musicians who performed primarily ska or ska-influenced music for a significant portion of their careers. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Ska is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and Calypso music calypso with United States American jazz and rhythm and blues. The first ever ska recording was made by Count Ossie, a Nyabinghi drummer from the rasta community.
In 1966, many ska musicians began to favour slower rhythms and beats, and the form began to evolve into rocksteady. [6] A successor of ska and a precursor to reggae, rocksteady was performed by Jamaican vocal harmony groups such as the Gaylads, Toots & the Maytals, the Heptones and the Paragons.
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]
The genre gained popularity in the 1940s and 1950s, serving as a precursor to ska and reggae. Ska emerged in the late 1950s as Jamaica's first truly modern music genre. It combined elements of mento, American jazz, rhythm and blues, and Caribbean calypso.
Terry Hall, the vocalist for U.K. ska legends the Specials, died yesterday (Dec. 18) at the age of 63. In a statement posted to social media, the group attributed Hall’s passing to “a brief ...
Rocksteady is a music genre that originated in Jamaica around 1966. [1] A successor of ska and a precursor to reggae, rocksteady was the dominant style of music in Jamaica for nearly two years, performed by many of the artists who helped establish reggae, including harmony groups such as the Techniques, the Paragons, the Heptones and the Gaylads; soulful singers such as Alton Ellis, [2] Delroy ...