: popular music of Jamaican origin that combines elements of traditional Caribbean rhythms and jazz
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Carlos was one of the pioneering musicians and composers who forged ska from Jamaican jazz, American rhythm and blues, and Jamaican mento, and ska was the music that Marley and Cliff performed before becoming world-renowned for reggae.
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Heather Augustyn, SPIN, 21 Jan. 2025
Jamaica gave the world five genres: reggae, rocksteady, ska, mento and dancehall.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 6 Jan. 2025
Starring Michelle Dockery, Nicholas Pinnock and David Dawson, the story of a family and four young people drawn into Coventry and Birmingham’s exploding ska and two-tone music scene in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 9 Oct. 2024
In addition to No Doubt, Gonzalez also played in ska bands such as Save Ferris, the Untouchables, the Skeletones, and Kingston A Go Go.
—Stephanie Mendez, SPIN, 15 Sep. 2024
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Heather Augustyn, SPIN, 21 Jan. 2025
Jamaica gave the world five genres: reggae, rocksteady, ska, mento and dancehall.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 6 Jan. 2025
Starring Michelle Dockery, Nicholas Pinnock and David Dawson, the story of a family and four young people drawn into Coventry and Birmingham’s exploding ska and two-tone music scene in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 9 Oct. 2024
In addition to No Doubt, Gonzalez also played in ska bands such as Save Ferris, the Untouchables, the Skeletones, and Kingston A Go Go.
—Stephanie Mendez, SPIN, 15 Sep. 2024
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ska
noun
: popular music of Jamaican origin that combines elements of traditional Caribbean rhythms and jazz
Etymology
perhaps an alteration of scat "jazz singing with meaningless syllables"
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