The Skatalites are a Jamaican music group that played a major role in popularising ska, the first truly Jamaican music created by fusing boogie-woogie blues, rhythm and blues, jazz, mento, calypso, and African rhythms.
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Twin Cities Media (USA)
September 18, 2017
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That did not happen in the age of flash mobs and social media, but in Kingston Jamaica back in 1964.
They showed they’ve got the chops to switch between genres, sometimes within the same song, while their enthusiasm ingratiated them to the arriving punters.
Earlier in the evening Stooges Brass Band warmed the audience up with typical New Orleans second line material closing their set with a mashup of Rebirth Brass Band's "Do Whatcha Wanna" and "The Treme Song" by John Boutte.
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