An old skool sax player from Ha(a)rlem: An Interview with Thomas Tornado
First off, that’s not the name he was born with. Nobody’s parents are that cool. When he first arrived thirty-eight …
Interviews
Rastamonk Vibrations – Monty Alexander talks about his new album
When he was a young teen, Monty Alexander would sneak out of school and hop a bus down to Federal …
Continuity: An interview with Skatalites guitarist Natty Frenchy
My favorite Skatalites show? Every one I’ve ever seen. And that’s true for the recent show at The Haunt in …
Jamaican Jazz – The Monty Alexander playlist
This playlist was created to accompany the interview that the legendary Jamaican pianist Monty Alexander gave Reggae Steady Ska. The …
Music Is Like Your Heartbeat – An Interview With Monty Alexander
In a career spanning five decades, pianist Monty Alexander has built a reputation as one of the world’s leading jazz musicians. On top of an impressive solo career (70+ releases), Monty Alexander has also played with just about everybody—from Frank Sinatra, Dizzy Gillespie and Sonny Rollins to Ernest Ranglin, Sly and Robbie and many of the ska originators.
Listen to Alpha Boys School Radio – An Interview
Most ska fans around the world know about Alpha Boys School. It’s where many of the inventors of this music …
The Catch A Fire Project – Gary Crosby Of Jazz Jamaica Talks
With Jazz Jamaica he preceded the current wave of Big band ska projects by some fifteen years. Now Gary Crosby has taken this a step further and created an even bigger version of the band to recreate Bob Marley’s Catch A Fire album as Jazz Jamaica Allstars, a 31-piece orchestra which is augmented by different choirs at their live concerts.