Video #97 of 1000 – Skatellites – Pristine Healer. Recorded live at The Venue on April 19, 2012 in HD (1080p on DSC-HV9X).

Lester Sterling was one of the founding members of this seminal Ska band back in 1963/4, so it was great to see him perform with the current version of the Skatalites in April. The Skatalites brought together the top musicians and styles of the time—fusing boogie-woogie blues, R&B, jazz, mento, calypso, and African rhythms—to create the first truly Jamaican music: ska…

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