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What's uncontested is that with Jamaican independence in 1962, ska took over the island, a celebration of youthful exuberance proclaimed by the likes of Prince Buster, Alton Ellis and Jimmy Cliff, and refined into a jazzier sound by the Skatalites, featuring trombone genius Don Drummond, on hits such as Eastern Standard Time.
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What's uncontested is that with Jamaican independence in 1962, ska took over the island, a celebration of youthful exuberance proclaimed by the likes of Prince Buster, Alton Ellis and Jimmy Cliff, and refined into a jazzier sound by the Skatalites, featuring trombone genius Don Drummond, on hits such as Eastern Standard Time.
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Good time to que up The Skatalites, the most influential band you never heard of.
The Featherweight Café. Ann Althouse 2008
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Aside from him there was Prince Buster, the entire Skatalites gang, King Tubby, and many others who could genuinely vie for the title of “Revered King of Ska.”
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The Guns Of Navarone on vinyl 45 by the Skatalites.
FallNews 2000
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True, Byron Lee's ska isn't as raw or earthy as the music produced by people like Desmond Dekker, Prince Buster, or the Skatalites.
All articles at Blogcritics Patrick Taylor 2010
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For Sarazino's maiden voyage, Fellah had to transform a studio project into a road-ready band capable of opening for international acts like Angélique Kidjo and the Skatalites.
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Even the guys from the Skatalites, a couple of them came from Trench Town.
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All three original Wailers, Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh were from here, as were Alton Ellis, Toots and the Maytals, the Wailing Souls, The Skatalites and scores of other legends and lesser-known reggae artists.
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Toots and the Maytals, the Wailing Souls, The Skatalites and scores of other legends and lesser-known reggae artists.
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