You might love the Skatalites without knowing who they are—the founders of ska, a kind of Jamaican jazz. They backed Bob Marley and Desmond Decker before they became the Skatalites. Born from mainly ...
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Lloyd Brevett, a renowned double bassist who helped carry ska music from Jamaica to the world as a founding member of the hugely influential band The Skatalites, died Thursday ...
How can a band without most of its original lineup continue to go on? The Skatalites’ beautiful instrumental music preceded and influenced reggae when the band formed in 1964, but that was nearly 60 ...
How does a venerated Jamaican Jazz heritage artist like Monty Alexander, 67, whose performed and recorded with everyone from the Skatalites and Frank Sinatra to Dizzy Gillespie and Quincy Jones stay… ...
The ska pioneer backed most of the era's notable singers during the Jamaican band's run from 1963-1965. By Patricia Meschino, Billboard Lloyd Brevett, the upright bass player and founding member of ...
Lloyd Brevett, founding bassist of legendary ska outfit the Skatalites, passed away earlier this morning (May 3) at Andrews Memorial Hospital in St. Andrew, Jamaica at the age of 80. Billboard reports ...
Maybe she was late, maybe it was malice. As Marguerita Mahfood grabbed her sequinned dress and ran out of her flat, she left her boyfriend sleeping. She was “Rhumba Queen” of Jamaica, he was Don ...
Lloyd Brevett, the upright bass player and founding member of the seminal Jamaican ska group The Skatalites, died this morning at Andrews Memorial Hospital in St. Andrew, Jamaica where he was being… ...
The ska pioneer backed most of the era's notable singers during the Jamaican band's run from 1963-1965. By Patricia Meschino, Billboard Lloyd Brevett, the upright bass player and founding member of ...
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