80 yr old Reggae legend Lester G. Sterling says,They stole his"Skatalite"name

Legendary Jazzy Alto Saxophone player Lester G. "SKA" Sterling, also known as Mr. Versatile is a Jamaican Trumpet and Saxophone player, writer and arranger.   Lester G. Sterling started his music education in the 40's at The Alpha Boys School in Jamaica which was run by the Sisters of Mercy and led by Sister Ignatius.   The school was Founded in 1880 and started it's own band in the 1890's with Ruben Delgado as the band teacher.   The famous Alpha Boys School produced many of Jamaica's great musicians, it still exist to this very day.   Lester Sterling played trumpet and cornet at the Alpha School from 1949 to ’55. It wasn’t until his early twenties that he decided