Ska jazz

Ska-Jazz is a variant of Ska that is based on traditional jazz schemes and is often purely instrumental .

Proven ska jazz bands are often among the most virtuoso representatives of the genre, even if their commercial success lags behind the "hit suppliers" from ska pop or 2-tone , since many find ska jazz difficult to access.

Structurally, ska jazz is based on classical, school jazz, i. This means that in a song mostly all instruments get their solo parts, classical quotations are used or important classics are interpreted (not just covered ).

Representative:

• The Skatalites
• New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble
• The Articles
• Jazz Jamaica
• Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra
• Rotterdam Ska Jazz Foundation
• Skavoovie & The Epitones
• Jazzbo / Yebo
• St. Petersburg Ska-Jazz Review
• Hammond York

Important soloists:

• Roland Alphonso (sax)
• Don Drummond (tb)
• Lester Sterling (sax)
• Ernest Ranglin (g)
• Rico Rodriguez tb