Ska Jazz: Where Jamaican Rhythm Meets American Sophistication
Introduction – Jazz Meets the Offbeat Ska jazz was, in many ways, was almost an inevitable subgenre, as it represents a blend of the lively rhythms of Jamaican ska and the improvisational sophistication of American jazz. Starting in the late 1950s, ska jazz combined the energetic offbeat rhythms characteristic of Jamaica with the horn-centric tunes,…