The Skatalites News

Despite a somewhat low turnout, what matters most in jazz is still the music. From this standpoint, it was the music of the Fabulous Five's Ska/Reggae Revival that brought a swinging climax to the week-long Jamaica Ocho Rios International Jazz Festival on Sunday.

Jerry Case ; Simon Washburn ; Frank Thornton ; Thomas Case ; Ryan Schmollinger ; Nic Hanks ; Luis Flores ; John "Musclemouth" Lugo ; Robert Valdez ; Sal Correa ; Josh Divicenzo KINDRED SPIRITS: The Skatalites, The Ethiopians, The Heptones, The Melodians, Pat Kelly, The Maytals, The Wailers, Desmond Dekker, plus American jazz and soul artists "In My ...

Ska bands are the only groups of musicians that feel it necessary to incorporate their genre in their name.

London, Just the right timing for Skatonics More reviews by David Smyth Worth the bid: Skatonics In this esteemed organ we don't often review covers bands in pubs but seven-strong Kent 2Tone group The Skatonics were good enough to bid a sizeable sum of money in the Evening Standard's latest charity auction.

The Slackers delivered their sermon at The Casbah, transformed for the moment into the a oeChurch of Slack.a I swear I heard someone yell Hallelujah! The Slackers at the Casbah Six well dressed musicians step up bathed in the pink glow of the stage lights, don their respective instruments and break into a downbeat rhythm lifted by a volley of ...

DON DRUMMOND Memorial Album ***** It's 40 years since Jamaica's most celebrated trombonist died in prison, after being convicted of the murder of his girlfriend.

Don Drummond - File Trojan Records has reissued Don Drummond's Memorial Album to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the trombonist's death.

Red Earth Records It's been four years since the release of Soothsayers' last album, the masterpiece Tangled Roots , but it seems like yesterday.

Benefit for When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth at Beerland .Yet another band has its equipment stolen, this time during SXSW.

Trumpeter David Madden ... When I look at my age and the things I have done, I say 'long live reggae music'. - File Since formally entering the popular Jamaican music business when ska was on the wane and rocksteady on the rise, trumpeter David Madden has seen many changes in beats and personalities.

Unfazed by crappy weather, sharp notes of brass and island rhythms slice through the rain in a residential neighborhood in Riverside.

Contemporary classical composer Tan Dun will conduct three of his own pieces, including a oeThe Map,a a concerto for cello, orchestra and video.

Lord Tanamo had a stroke last year June that has left him unable to speak. Pioneer ska singer Lord Tanamo has lost his ability to speak and is now living in the Lincoln Place of Nursing Home, Toronto, Canada.

Eric Blowtorch with The Welders: Tito Cruz, Michael Bell and Nate Vest. Published Dec.

JAMAICAN ska legends The Skatalites are to play live at the Liquid Room on Thursday.