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Ska (/'sk??/, Jamaican [skjæ]) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues. It is characterized by a walking bass line accented with rhythms on the upbeat..Aubrey Adams,Laurel Aitken,Roland Alphonso,Theophilus Beckford,Val Bennett,Baba Brooks,The Blues Busters,Prince Buster,The Clarendonians,Jimmy Cliff,Clue J & His Blues Blasters Stranger Cole,Desmond Dekker,Don Drummond,Jackie Edwards,Alton Ellis,The Ethiopians,Owen Gray,Derrick Harriott,Justin Hinds,Jah Jerry Haynes,Lloyd Knibb,Count Machuki,Carlos Malcolm,Tommy McCook,The Melodians,Johnny "Dizzy" Moore'Derrick Morgan,Eric "Monty" Morris,Jackie Opel,The Paragons,Lee "Scratch" Perry,Lord Tanamo,The Pioneers,Ernest Ranglin,Rico Rodriguez,The Skatalites,The Silvertones,Millie Small,Symarip,Lynn Taitt,Toots & the Maytals,The Wailers,Delroy Wilson,Desmond Dekker,Don Drummond,Jackie Edwards,Alton Ellis,The Ethiopians,Owen Gray,Derrick Harriott,Justin Hinds,Jah Jerry Haynes,Lloyd Knibb,Byron Lee & the Dragonaires,https://www.facebook.com/jaSkafestival/