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Ska

Ska (/skɑː/; Jamaican Patois: skia, ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. It combined elements of Caribbean mento (sometimes referred to as calypso) with American jazz and rhythm and blues. Ska is characterized by a walking bass line accented with rhythms on the off beat. It was…

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Cultural origins
Late 1950s, Jamaica
Derivative forms
Rocksteady · reggae · dancehall
Stylistic origins
Mento · jazz · New Orleans rhythm and blues

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Ska

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Edges177
Triples139
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related to 2 tone · 33
Ska → Although, Australia, Beat, Cairo, Compared, Coventry, Dandy Livingstone, England, English, English Beat, Ghost Town, In, Jamaican, Jerry Dammers, Madness, Message, Most, Night Boat, North America, One Step Beyond
related to Jamaican ska · 23
Ska → After World War II, American, As, At, Barbie Gaye, Barbie Gaye's, Be My Guest, Coxsone Dodd, Domino's, Duke Reid, Fats Domino, Jamaican, Jamaicans, Louis Jordan, My Boy Lollypop, New Orleans, Prince Buster, Rosco Gordon, Southern United States, The
related to Further reading · 17
Ska → Augustyn, Aurum Press, Billboard Books, Du Noyer, Heather, ISBN, Lanham, Liberation, Maryland, Music, Neville Staple, New York City, Original Rude Boy, Paul, Scarecrow Press, The Billboard Illustrated Encyclopedia, The Rhythm
related to Etymology · 13
Ska → Another, Byron Lee, Clue, Cluett Johnson, Coxsone Dodd, Derrick Morgan, Ernest Ranglin, Guitar, Jackie Mittoo, Johnson's, Ranglin, Staya Staya, There
related to Post–third-wave ska · 7
Ska → By, Captain SKA, In, Interrupters, Liar Liar GE2017, She's Kerosene, UK Singles Chart
related to Third-wave ska · 7
Ska → Albino Brown, Although, No Doubt, Sublime, The Ska Parade, Third-wave, West Coast
Derivative forms · 3
Ska → dancehall, reggae, Rocksteady
Stylistic origins · 3
Ska → jazz, Mento, New Orleans rhythm and blues
see also · 2
Ska → Christian, Jamaica
Cultural origins · 1
Ska → Late 1950s, Jamaica

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SkaCultural originsLate 1950s, Jamaica1.00infobox
SkaDerivative formsRocksteady1.00infobox
SkaDerivative formsreggae1.00infobox
SkaDerivative formsdancehall1.00infobox
SkaStylistic originsMento1.00infobox
SkaStylistic originsjazz1.00infobox
SkaStylistic originsNew Orleans rhythm and blues1.00infobox
Fats Dominoinstance ofJamaicans purchased radios in increasing numbers and were able to hear rhythm and blues music from the Southern United States in cities such as New Orleans by artists0.80text
Barbie Gayeinstance ofJamaicans purchased radios in increasing numbers and were able to hear rhythm and blues music from the Southern United States in cities such as New Orleans by artists0.80text
Rosco Gordoninstance ofJamaicans purchased radios in increasing numbers and were able to hear rhythm and blues music from the Southern United States in cities such as New Orleans by artists0.80text
Louis Jordan whose early recordings all contain the seeds of theinstance ofJamaicans purchased radios in increasing numbers and were able to hear rhythm and blues music from the Southern United States in cities such as New Orleans by artists0.80text
Prince Busterinstance ofentrepreneurs0.80text

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