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DOCUMENTARY RECALLS THE “LEGENDS OF SKA!”

July 8th, 2015 | Add a Comment

 Filmmaker Brad Klein (left) speaking with veteran deejay Stranger Cole (center) and Herbie Miller, director/curator of Jamaica Music Museum, on Monday. Klein donated a cache of digital tapes to the museum in downtown Kingston—. BRAD Klein loves to describe himself as a ‘student of ska, a student of reggae’. Some of what he has learned over the years is in Legends of Ska, a documentary he produced. The 101-minute film will be shown this afternoon at the Kingston offices of Jamaica Promotions (JAMPRO) as part of the Jamaica Film Festival. “Hopefully, it’s finally going to be released this year. I’m hoping to turn people on to the early times of Jamaican music,” said Klein, 51. “Dancehall is great music and I do like some of the new stuff, but I have a fondness … Read entire article »

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SKA LEGENDS FEATURED IN AMERICAN DOCUMENTARY!

February 21st, 2015 | Add a Comment

 By Cecelia Campbell-Livingston— Brad Klein—- Brad Klein was born in northern USA, but the music he has embraced almost all his life is ska. For more than 30 years, he has enjoyed a love affair with the Jamaican genre, so much so that, one day, after an interview with Derrick Morgan, he decided to make a documentary about it. “In 2000, I was the host of a ska radio programme at KUOM, a radio station in Minneapolis. At the time, the beautiful film Buena Vista Social Club was very popular and Ken Burns’ Jazz series was about to be released,” he told The Gleaner in an email response. He said, after interviewing Morgan, he looked up at the other disc jockey in the studio and loudly asked, “When is someone going to make a film on the music we … Read entire article »

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