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Dance hall (Jamaican), the Glossary

The dance halls of Jamaica in the 1950s and 1960s were home to public dances usually targeted at younger patrons.^[1]

17 relations: African diaspora, Bebop, Boogie-woogie, Coxsone Dodd, Dancehall, Duke Reid, Jamaica, Jazz, Phonograph, Prince Buster, Rhythm and blues, Rocksteady, Rude boy, Ska, Skank (dance), Sound system (Jamaican), Studio One (record label).
Dance venues
Music of Jamaica
Reggae culture

African diaspora

The global African diaspora is the worldwide collection of communities descended from people from Africa, predominantly in the Americas.

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Bebop

Bebop or bop is a style of jazz developed in the early to mid-1940s in the United States.

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Boogie-woogie

Boogie-woogie is a genre of blues music that became popular during the late 1920s, developed in African-American communities since the 1870s.

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Coxsone Dodd

Clement Seymour "Coxsone" Dodd (26 January 1932 – 4 May 2004) was a Jamaican record producer who was influential in the development of ska and reggae in the 1950s, 1960s and beyond.

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Dancehall

Dancehall is a genre of Jamaican popular music that originated in the late 1970s. Dance hall (Jamaican) and Dancehall are music of Jamaica.

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Duke Reid

Arthur "Duke" Reid CD (21 July 1915 – 1 January 1975) was a Jamaican record producer, DJ and label owner.

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Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At, it is the third largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the island containing Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and south-east of the Cayman Islands (a British Overseas Territory).

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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, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals.

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Phonograph

A phonograph, later called a gramophone (as a trademark since 1887, as a generic name in the UK since 1910), and since the 1940s a record player, or more recently a turntable, is a device for the mechanical and analogue reproduction of recorded sound.

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Prince Buster

Cecil Bustamente Campbell (24 May 1938 – 8 September 2016), known professionally as Prince Buster, was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer.

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Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, frequently abbreviated as R&B or R'n'B, is a genre of popular music that originated within African-American communities in the 1940s.

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Rocksteady

Rocksteady is a music genre that originated in Jamaica around 1966.

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Rude boy

Rude boy is a subculture that originated from 1960s Jamaican street culture.

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Ska

Ska (skia) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Dance hall (Jamaican) and Ska are music of Jamaica.

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Skank (dance)

Skanking is a form of dancing practiced in the ska, ska punk, hardcore punk, reggae, drum and bass and other music scenes.

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Sound system (Jamaican)

In Jamaican popular culture, a sound system is a group of disc jockeys, engineers and MCs playing ska, rocksteady or reggae music. Dance hall (Jamaican) and sound system (Jamaican) are reggae culture.

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Studio One (record label)

Studio One is one of Jamaica's most renowned record labels and recording studios; it has been described as the Motown of Jamaica.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_hall_(Jamaican)

Also known as Dance Hall (Caribbean).