Description

An exciting journey into the heart of Jamaican music through 60 new sheet music of the rhythm that changed the face of the musical planet.
Do it ska!

After the success of the first volume of THIS IS SKA, we are back with this second installment in which you will find:
60 new scores transcribed for the first time by maestros Josep Blanes and Pau Dangla.

A detailed introduction focused on the Alpha Boys School, the educational institution that was the seed of the birth of the Jamaican music industry
Comments, by David “Dr Decker” Vilches, that will take you back to the golden years of ska and put you in context when savoring these 60 incunabula of the best Jamaican sound.

QR codes on each of the tracks so you can listen to and perform them whenever you want.
A distinctive design, in charge of which accompanies all our editions Le Petit Mutant.

Music education
Given the good reception of our first volume among schools and teachers, in this second volume we wanted to pay tribute to a Jamaican educational institution without which the music of that small Caribbean island would not have had the strength it has had over the years. We are referring to the Catholic school Alpha Boys School, responsible for the musical education of many of those pioneers of ska, jazz, rock steady and reggae. And what better way to thank him than to do a little history to highlight the importance and depth of his contribution.

The sound of the pioneers finally published
Ska was born from the fertile Jamaican soil, where the traditional sound of mento, the music of big bands (swing, boleros, jazz standards…) and rhythm’n’blues that came through powerful North American stations that radioed from Miami or New Orleans converged.
Pioneers such as Don Drummond, Ernest Ranglin, Val Bennett or the Gaynar brothers gave life to that kind of tropical blues that kicked off the island’s musical industry and became the rhythm of independence from 1962. With this collection of scores you will be able to have, for the first time since they were created, a detailed guide to interpret the music of those pioneers.