Jazz Articles about Ska Cubano

Ska Cubano: Mambo Ska

by Chris May
April 20, 2010

A blast--a raucous, riotous, irresistible blast. Ska Cubano is a London-based, Caribbean retro band led by the singer/songwriter Natty Bo (aka Nathan Lerner) and featuring his ex-wife, Miss Megoo (aka Megumi Mesaku), a fiery ska saxophonist in the grand tradition of Roland Alphonso and Tommy McCook. Japanese-born Miss Megoo, who also plays some of the honkingest, bar walking, R&B baritone this side of the pearly gates (check the YouTube clip below), is one of the band's five hot horns; other ...