synffLaurel Aitken, the Godfather of Ska, fused Cuban rhythms with Jamaican fire to birth a sound that pulsed with infectious energy and island soul.
Born in Cuba and raised in Jamaica, he pioneered ska's upbeat bounce in the late 1950s, blending calypso's sly sway and rocksteady's smoother groove into…
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