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University of San Diego Digital USD News Releases USD News 1998-06-01 Jamaican Ska Orchestra to Rehearse at USD Office of Publicnfor I mation Follow this and additional works at: http://digital.sandiego.edu/newsreleases Digital USD Citation Office of Public Information, "Jamaican Ska Orchestra to Rehearse at USD" (1998). News Releases. 4047. http://digital.sandiego.edu/newsreleases/4047 This Press Release is brought to you for free and open access by the USD News at Digital USD. It has been accepted for inclusion in News Releases by an authorized administrator of Digital USD. For more information, please contact [email protected]. June I , 19CJ8 FOR IMMEDIATE RFLl~ASl i Media Co11tacl. ( '!iris Mat Ison ( h 19) 2()0- 4(i)0 .JAMAICAN SKA ORCHESTRA TO REHEARSE AT USO The King Kingston Orchestra, formed by University of San Diego alum Roberi Michael Way, will be rehearsing at USD 's Salomon Lecture Hall (located in Maher Hall), Tuesday, .June 2 through Thursday, June 4, 1--2 :00 -f--Mt---p;trr The rehearsals are free and open to the public. ~ - 'l \-) .. The King Kingston Orchestra is made up of seven Jamaican musicians, eight professional musicians from around the United States -- including former Ray Charles Band trombonist Dan Weinstein -- and four USO students and alums. The orchestra will perform ska, mento, calypso and jazz . or "Afro-Jamaican genres of jazz,'' says Way Conductor and music arranger Carlos Malcolm (known as the "Duke Ellington of Jamaican (p ~ ,, , .~ ( music") was enlisted by Way to arrange and conduct the orchestra during performances and recording sessions. Malcolm, best known for his arrangement of Monty Normans' "James Bond Theme," is one of the top arrangers of Jamaican music and has been arranging ska music since the early I 950's. He contributed four original recordings for the orchestra. In addition, six members of Malcolm's original band -- Carlos Malcolm and his Afro-Jamaican Rhythms -- have been brought in by Way to "achieve a truly traditional and authentic sound. They served as the major inspiration for modern ska bands such as Sublime, Unsteady and No Doubt." Following rehearsals, the King Kingston Orchestra will record 24 songs over a week period in San Diego. The first album, "The Return of Skalypso," is due out this fall. c.. c "-CJ.,,_, ', ~ V :Sf', ,c ' S .._J o. , , _ , t- r ' ., ~ ~ 3c ,. , tn . 1 For fi.rrther informatiof hte~se call t 1e USO -S pecial Events Oflice at (619) 260-4650 . .oo . ·~c - ~~ t \ 'i '1'1/l 1\ I, ,d,i l 's1 1k, S.1 11 I l i, ·1!"_ , ( ,d il<n11i,1 '1.' I I (l :i ,1•1 ,1 !, I 'J/ ._11, 11 ,If,/\ ~ .

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