Mento Style Overview

Mento Music Description

Mento is a style of Jamaican folk music that has greatly influenced ska and reggae music. Mento typically features acoustic instruments, such as acoustic guitar, banjo, hand drums, and the rhumba box.

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  Oh Carolina / I Met A Man
  The Folks Brothers*
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  Big Bamboo
  The Hyltonaires*
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  Im Flash Forward
  Cedric Im Brooks*
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  Great Expectation
  The Jolly Boys Featuring Albert Minott
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  Trojan Calypso Box Set
  Various
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  A Mod A Mod Ranglin
  Ernie Ranglin*
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  90° Degrees Of Shade (Hot Jump-Up Island Sounds From The Caribbean)
  Various
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Mento Artists

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  Monty Alexander
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  Laurel Aitken
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• The Cyclones
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  Stanley Beckford
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  Gloria Bailey
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  The Jolly Boys
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• Lord Flea & His Calypsonians
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  Calypso Cha Cha Cha / Perseverance
  Count Lasha And His Calypsonians*
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  Linstead Market / Bongo Man
  Louise Bennett
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  Adam And Eve / Not Me Again
  Chin's Calypso Sextet
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  Jamaican Folk Songs
  Louise Bennett
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  Montego Calypso / Daphne Walkin'
  Clyde Hoyte, Orchestra George Moxey Quartet
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  Not Me / Rum And Coconut Water
  The Jamaican Calypsonians, Hubert Porter
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  Bull Dog Don't Bite Me / Zambo
  The Calypso Serenaders
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  Easy Snappin
  T. Beckford*
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  Frank Holder Sings Calypso Cavalcade
  Frank Holder With Kenny Graham And His Orchestra
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  Dr. No (Original Motion Picture Sound Track Album)
  Monty Norman
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  Plays Mento
  Stanley Beckford
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  Mento, Not Calypso! The Original Sound Of Jamaica
  Various
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  It's So Hard Without You / Little Flea
  Patsy (Millincent Todd)*, Lyn Taitt & The Jets* / Patsy*, Linnie Hibbert*, Lyn Tate & The Jets*
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  London Is The Place For Me 7 (Calypso, Palm-Wine, Mento, Joropo, Steel & String Band)
  Various
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