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The Legendary SKATALITES
Presented By WORLDBEAT CENTER
Wednesday, April 11th at 8:00pm PST
Online sale ends: 04/11/12 at 7:00pm PST
WorldBeat Cultural Center
2100 Park Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92101
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Description
In
Jamaica in the mid-50's, a fledgling recording industry saw the birth
of what became known as Ska. Created by fusing Boogie-Woogie Blues, R+B,
Jazz, Mento, Calypso and African rythyms, Ska became the first truly
Jamaican music and by the 60's all the vocalist were swarming to the
studios to record their songs to this infectious new beat. Bob Marley,
Peter Tosh, Toots and the Maytals, Jimmy Cliff, Alton Ellis, Ken Boothe
are just a few of the names who came to record this new music, which
coincided with the whole island's excitement about Jamaica's
independence in 1962. The core musicians playing on most of these
sessions saw the opportunity to play this music live to the public.Tommy
McCook, Rolando Alphonso, Johnny Moore, Lester Sterling, Don Drummond,
Lloyd Knibb, Lloyd Brevett, Jerry Haynes, and Jackie Mittoo began
working together in 1963 and formed The Ska-talites in May 1964.
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8:00pm to 2:00am
General Admission: $15.00
All Ages
619-230-1190 PAST EVENTS
Saturday, February 13th
WorldBeat Cultural Center Past Event
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