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Jamaican Cool

5788 days ago

Allmusic Blog — Tenor saxophone player Tommy McCook was a pivotal member of Jamaica’s legendary Skatalites in the mid 1960s, a band that — although they were together for only fourteen months — completely defined the instrumental template for ska, mixing in bi... more info

The Skatalites

The Skatalites play Moe's Alley this weekend

5907 days ago

Mercury News, California — One of Jamaica"s most storied bands, the Skatalites, helped define ska music in the early 1960s, both by backing the likes of Bob Marley"s Wailers and Desmond Dekker in the studio and by recording landmark instrumentals under their own name. After a ... more info

The Skatalites