Genres: Ska, Rocksteady Active: 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000's Formed: 1963
Charlie Parker, Benny Goodman, Count Ossie, Roy Brown, Lord Invader, Duke Reid, Fats Domino, Duke Ellington, Jolly Boys, Jimmy Rushing, Louis Jordan, Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie, Mighty Sparrow, Machito, Big Joe Turner, Wynonie Harris, Lord Kitchener No Doubt, The Pietasters, Ras Michael, The Wailers, Westbound Train, Alton Ellis, 7 Seconds of Love, Monkey, Mustard Plug, The Lions, Gerhana Skacinta, UB40, Gregory Isaacs, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Junior Murvin, Peter Tosh, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Pepper, The Slackers |  |
More than a band, the Skatalites were and are an institution, an aggregation of top-notch musicians who didn't merely define the sound of Jamaica, they were the sound of Jamaica across the '50s and '60s. Although the group existed in its original incarnation for less than 18 months, members brought their signature styles to hundreds upon hundreds of the island's releases. The Skatalites officially lined up as guitarist Jerome "Jah Jerry" Hinds, bassist Lloyd Brevett, teenaged pianist Donat Roy "Jackie" Mittoo, drummer Lloyd Knibbs, trumpeter Johnnie "Dizzie" Moore, Cuban-born tenor saxophonist Tommy McCook, alto saxophonists Lester Sterling and Cuban born Roland Alphonso, and trombonist Don Drummond. Moore, McCook, Sterling, and Drummond were all alumni of the Alpha Cottage School for Boys, an educational institution for troubled and troublesome boys in Kingston, run by the Catholic diocese.
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Release: October 6, 2009
Label: ROIR
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Release: December 23, 2008
Label: Attack Records
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