Rotterdam Ska-Jazz Foundation is a band from

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playing a mix of

ska Ska (; ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. It combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues. Ska is characterized by a walki ...

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...

rocksteady Rocksteady is a music genre that originated in Jamaica around 1966. A successor of ska and a precursor to reggae, rocksteady was the dominant style of music in Jamaica for nearly two years, performed by many of the artists who helped establish ...

reggae Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, " Do the Reggay" was the first popular song to use ...

and

soul In many religious and philosophical traditions, there is a belief that a soul is "the immaterial aspect or essence of a human being". Etymology The Modern English noun ''soul'' is derived from Old English ''sāwol, sāwel''. The earliest attes ...

, with a strong 1960s influence.

Discography

* 2015: ''Knock-Turn-All'' ( WTF Records) * 2007: ''Motiv Loco'' ( Megalith Records) * 2005: ''Sunwalk U.S.'' (Megalith Records) * 2005: ''Sunwalk'' (

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) * 2004: ''Black Night - Bright Morning'' (Grover Records) * 2003: ''Shake Your Foundation!'' (Grover Records)

Current members (as of 2011)

*Arjen Bijleveld - Trombone *Zoot - Sax *Joep van Rhijn - Trumpet *Jeroen van Tongeren - Guitar *Merijn van de Wijdeven - Bass *Hidde Wijga - Keys *Dimitri Jeltsema - Drums

External links

Official website
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