Book description
The true story of the school that started a musical revolution.
Ska and reggae music has reverbarated around the planet but without the musical brilliance of the graduates of Jamaica's Alpha Boys' School it might never have been that way.
From the Jamaican big band swing of the 1940s and…
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I loved reading this book for the detailed history of Alpha Boys school and its relationship to Jamaican popular music.
Augustyn has written many books on ska and the people involved with it, but this book is detailed and lively in its look at the starting point of the genre. As a performer, writer, and lover of this music I could not stop reading this book. I strongly recommend this book and all the books from Augustyn.
This book is not only for ska fans but everyone who is interested in the history of a pivotal institution in Jamaica that…
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