Skatalites
Summary: The Skatalites brought the sound of Jamaica to the world. At the start of the 1960s, in the space of just a couple of years Don Drummond, Tommy McCook, Jackie Mittoo, Ernest Ranglin, Johnny 'Dizzy' Moore, Lloyd Knibbs, Lloyd Brevett and others defined the exciting beat of 'Ska' as the sound of newly independent Jamaica. During their existence (1963-65) The Skatalites also recorded 100s of their...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD REGGAE SKASummary: "Fifty years ago, Trojan Records began its intensive campaign of introducing Jamaican music to the rest of the world. Hip, well-connected and extremely fast on their feet, Trojan ensured they heard the best singles first, and rapidly secured the rights to share them with an insatiable new audience thousands of miles from Jamaica. .... To celebrate Trojan's golden jubilee, MOJO is honoured to...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Mojo 2018