Ska: An Oral History

Ska: An Oral History
ISBN-10
0786461977
ISBN-13
9780786461974
Category
Music
Pages
216
Language
English
Published
2014-01-10
Publisher
McFarland
Author
Heather Augustyn

Description

Before Bob Marley brought reggae to the world, before Jimmy Cliff and Peter Tosh, before thousands of musicians played a Jamaican rhythm, there were the men and women who created ska music, a blend of jazz, American rhythm and blues, and the indigenous music of the Caribbean. This book tells the story of ska music and its development from Jamaica to England, where the music took on a distinctively different tone, and finally to the rest of the world. Through the words of legendary artists, gleaned from more than a decade of interviews, the story of ska music is finally told by those who were there.

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