"Jamaican Music Forerunner"
According to
Jamaican history, slave drum carrier from Africa called "Burru"
which is part of the arrangement of songs called "talking drums" (drum
talk) which is native to West Africa. "Jonkanoo" is cultural music
a mixture of Africa, Europe and Jamaica consisting of drumming,
rattle (rattling musical instrument) and inflatable conch. This event appears when
Christmas features masked dancers. Jonkanoos were originally dances
the farmers, who later realized that they were
communicate with the drum and conch. The following year, Calypso from
Trinidad & Tobago came to bring Samba from America
Central and introduced to the Jamaican people to form
a new mixture called Mento. Mento itself is music
simple with funny lyrics accompanied by guitar, banjo, tambourine, shaker,
scraper and rumba or bass box. This form was later popular
the 20s and 30s and is the first Jamaican form of music
draw the attention of the whole island. Currently Mento can still be enjoyed
tourism dish. SKA that has appeared in the 40 - 50s actually
mentioned by History of Jamaican Music, influenced by Swing,
Rythym & Blues from Amrik. SKA is actually the sound of the big band
with a horn arrangement, a piano, and a "bop" fast beat. Ska
then easily switches over and produces the "skankin" dance form
in the early 60s. Early Jamaican stars include Byron Lee and the
Dragonaires which was formed in 1956 were later considered as
the creator of "ska". The development of Ska later slowed down the tempo
in the mid-60s gave rise to "Rock Steady" which punta tune bass
heavy and popularized by Leroy Sibbles from the Heptones group and
became the first Jamaican dance music in the 60s.
