Ska is to reggae as blues is to rock & roll, and as ska's founders and foremost practitioners, the Skatalites are the single most influential group in Jamaican music. Starting in the mid-'60s, the Skatalites forged a horn-led sound that merged Jamaican mento and calypso with American R&B and jazz, inverting the boogie woogie rhythm for an upbeat accent that would become the trademark of all subsequent reggae. Besides being a self-contained unit that over the years and various incarnations has included luminaries Don Drummond, Ernest Ranglin, Roland Alphonso, and countless others, the Skatalites also served as a house band for Coxsone Dodd at the legendary Studio One, backing a long line of singers on early ska, rocksteady, and reggae hits.

Listen to The Skatalites at Finetune.

• (1998)  Ball Of Fire
• (1997)  Foundation Ska

• Simmer Down (Feat. Bob Marley And The Wailers)
• James Bond Theme
• Latin Goes Ska
• Fidel Castro
• I Should Have Known Better

• The Specials
• Toots And The Maytals
• Desmond Dekker
• Jimmy Cliff
• Alton Ellis
• Laurel Aitken
• Ken Boothe
• Bob Marley & The Wailers
• Derrick Morgan
• Prince Buster
• Justin Hinds
• Cornell Campbell
• The Techniques
• The Blues Busters
• Monty Alexander
• Hopeton Lewis
• Madness
• The Toasters
• Bob Marley
• The Heptones

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