In Jamaica in the mid-1950s, artists like Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Toots & the Maytals and Jimmy Cliff began fusing boogie-woogie, R&B, jazz, calypso and African rhythms to create the first truly Jamaican music: ska. Jamaica's own Skatalites are, and always have been, the first family of ska, taking the horn-driven, hopped-up form further and faster than any of their contemporaries. Formed in 1964, the band recorded its first LP at Studio One in Kingston, scoring hits and ruling the Jamaican airwaves. But by 1965 the band had broken up, resulting in the formation of two supergroups: Rolando Alphonso & the Soul Vendors and Tommy McCook & the Supersonics. In 1983 The Skatalites reformed for a triumphant reunion performance at the Sunsplash festival in Montego Bay, followed by their reunion album, The Return of The Big Guns. They've been going strong ever since. Come experience ska's greatest practitioners.