1969. Ska bandleader Carlos Malcolm was an underappreciated figure of the music's early days, and also made some recordings in New York in a more Americanized vein. A native of Kingston, Malcolm received for..

2014. German jazz publicist Joachim-Ernst Berendt was the first to come up with the idea of bringing original African-American blues performers to Europe. Jazz had become very popular, and rock & roll was just g..