SOUL SKA is a 9-piece San Francisco Bay Area Ska/Rocksteady collective formed in 2014 dedicated to keeping SKA music alive! The band serves up a high-energy mix of original & 1st and 2nd wave Jamaican/UK ska classics. The band is comprised of veteran members of Bay Area bands such as Vinyl, Stymie & the Pimp Jones Love Orchestra, The Right Time, Albino!, El Radio Fantastique, Jethro Jeremiah Band and more. Drawing equally from the original Jamaican first wave as well as the British second wave, the band’s rootsy, upbeat sound leans heavily on vocal harmony and a three-piece horn section. Soul Ska has become a Northern California festival favorite, playing rousing sets at Sierra Nevada World Music Festival (Mendocino), Ocean Beach Fest (SF), Summer Arts & Music (Humboldt), Fairfax Festival and more.
The band is:
Jonathan Korty on keys (Vinyl/Les Claypool’s Electric Apricot)
Lex Razon on drums (Vinyl/Ernest Ranglin)
Ryan Scott on trumpet (Monophonics/Katdelic)
Gardner Goetze on guitar (The Right Time)
Tommy O’Mahony on bass (The Shams)
Liz Larson on trombone, Patrick Byers on baritone sax (Albino!/El Radio Fantastique) and Aaron Saul on sax (Vinyl/Katdelic)
The all-star vocal trio of Sean “Stymie” Sharp (Stymie & the Pimp Jones Love Orchestra), Jethro Jeremiah and Noelle Glory.
