Mariah Vant Hof

Activity 4
Independent Study
Mike Williams

Timeline of Jamaicas Most Influential

Music Artists

1950's
1940's
Popular
Duke
Eric
Kingston
Still under
British
Reid
Dean's
born artist.
Rule, Eric Deans
one of the
Orchestra
was a
Orchestra
major

very popular jazz

band,
Through the
practice of jazz
reggae would be

catalysts for
the growth
of the
Jamaican

1960's
Father of the
sub-genre
Prince to
reggae called
Buster
ska

Ska is
described as
the emphasis
on the afterbeat which is
made by the

1970's
By
incorporating
Bob
all of the
different subMarley
genres Reggae
was born
Marley made
reggae music
the
international
phenomenon

It was not the

efforts of any single
artist that spread
Jamaican music, but
all of them together
that created a
genre for people to
enjoy all over the
world. As
technology
continues to evolve
the future for music,
especially reggae
will continue to be
listened to for many
generations to

Mariah Vant Hof

Activity 4
Independent Study
Mike Williams

Information for this assignment was pulled from:

Bob Marley | biography - Jamaican musician. (n.d.). Retrieved February 16, 2015, from
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/365877/Bob-Marley
The History of Jamaican Music 1959-1973. (2000, October 31). Retrieved February 13, 2015, from
http://niceup.com/history/ja_music_59-73.html