Blue Glaze Mento Band

[@blairboyd5617]

Mento band playing the real Jamaica music, this is the rightful music of Jamaica..i grew up on mento music,ska, rockstead and reggae just came in the 1960s,ok

[@Initdoh]

Every time I hear Mento I see me mumma a dance and sing old time 🇯🇲 folk songs. A Mento play at mi grannie funeral love it. Reggae developed from Mento.

[@benmacdui9328]

Not strictly true. Ska and Reggae takes more from American RnB.

[@rw9833]

Reggae basically slowed down the mento beat.

[@amathesaxylady]

This is Sweet And Dandy. Toots And The Maytals recorded this

[@MrAnymeansnecessary]

Shout out to the uploader of the playlist. Thanks

[@faurosan]

yes, this is very nice...this is the true music from jamaica

[@LevyBoy-bo2pe]

This is what birth reggae music . Now you have some dude saying American jazz birthed reggae music lol 😆

[@juliebain276]

I like how he dances in the chair... which goes to show you that music comes from within.

[@DenisMaksymowicz]

Lovely. Reminds me of hearing a mento band for the first time in Jamaica at a park. It's feel good music with simple instruments and a relaxed feel. Love the box drum. It points the way to ska and reggae

[@FLIPETY52]

It's Sweet and Dandy!!

[@mostevokish]

they a go dress up inna white... it was no wonder... it's a perfect ponder... while they were dancing in the ballroom last night!

[@riquelme223]

Que som maravilhoso! Isso soa bem parecido com o ''Carimbó'' do estado do Pará, no Brasil. O Mento é a música mais bonita da Jamaica!

[@twrgaming2787]

If you type in charlemont band on KZbin and swipe down you may see when we are playing at the koolfm97 radio station and I'll be the one playing the congo drum

[@baptistry1]

dis mad i grew up listening to this music....brings back memories....respect Mas Ferdie....:)...tune!

[@ChrisDeJuanMusic]

Man...bless youtube...for allowing me to discover Mento Music! Bless mento...this music is true roots dance soul soothing!! I want to make myself one of those bass kalimba type instruments! anybody got any advice on this!? Bless all these musician... ;-)

[@themightystring]

I think they are called Rhumba Box. There are some instructional videos on KZbin I believe.

[@joelmalcolmstewart4868]

dancing in that ball room last night ,perfect wonder,@love it

[@arlenemaxwellcopeland1644]

All the people dem a dress up inna white, fi go eat off Johnson wedding cake. It's a perfect ponder.

[@peterburnard5722]

@@arlenemaxwellcopeland1644 sweet and dandy

[@FreespiritRbelle]

Absolutely beautiful 🤲🏾💚💯

[@martinhealy2902]

Beautiful! Great flute player. Thanks for sharing.

[@DJFarallon]

Suddenly I hear the music I have always wanted to play!

[@blaketr]

I can hear similarities to Old Calypso Music....cool!!

[@thingmaker67]

This music is pure happiness. 😊

[@tanya876diva]

those were the dayz! mento need fi lively up again

[@pedrothewise2584]

The old guys a natural songbird i love this.

[@LambNLions]

Tek I back to the days when grand mother and grand father use to be in the island quad drill dances and I only knee high loved watching them laugh and get alone. What's the world coming to?

[@andrewandrejohnsonbsc8880]

When the music hits you feel no pain

[@KingsleyMusicLessons]

The real Jamaican mento music.

[@guidance1373]

i like this songs

[@thebmru]

All genres have their early beginnings. If you're a fan of Reggae, you will recognise the influence of Mento.

[@Jojo_Ojo_14]

What is his flute made out of?

[@superbanjo]

Here, it's PVC piping but he also plays ones he makes from bamboo.

[@josephbass1]

Toots and the Maytals used this tune in Sweet and Dandy.

[@superbanjo]

Yep, that's what they're playing…

[@tonysoulmanok]

la esencia de la música esta acá!

[@Diego86a]

Sounds pretty close to the brazilian Xaxado and the Samba de Roda from the oldies. *greetings to mr Hiberts

[@MrAnymeansnecessary]

+Diego Araujo Contemplating the logistics of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, think about the fact that music is something whites couldn't wrest from Blacks. It surfaced everywhere in the New World that blacks did. I trace Mento back to the mid to late 18th Century in the French Antilles. The musicians here would have been first generation. Now think about that Afrikan feel to all Caribbean music, and think about the impact it's had on, not only Rock n Roll, Central and South American feel. That particular, universal shuffle that forces you to move your hips. Afrikan music is so fucking good that it literally took on a life of its own. Minstrelsy. This also speaks to the brilliance of the European law makers and social engineers in attempting to crush every aspect of the Afrikan Soul.

[@evertonpalheta9629]

Parecido também com o carimbó aqui do Pará!

[@riquelme223]

@@evertonpalheta9629 , exatamente! Eu achei bastante parecido com o Carimbó.

[@benbenijaspers]

Name of this masterpiece?

[@twrgaming2787]

Sounding good just like rumbakah mento band form Charlemont

[@kushsakhu]

What a blessing this is....

[@zenornot9949]

Thank you

[@earlpitman279]

This is old time calypso music, the first and foremost music that later evolved into mento, ska and later raggae music. Period! Their is no way around this truth. It's fact! Beautiful music.

[@jazmar0822]

no it's not this mention music that has nothing to do with Calypso. Mento did not evolve into ska. Ska came from an attempt at American R&B, Ska evolved into Rock steady, and then from Rock steady to Reggae. If I had a penny for all the people trying to force themselves into our culture I'd be rich.

[@earlpitman279]

@@jazmar0822 Pleeease! You are full of yourself. I really don't want no part of that culture nor do I care about Mento music. They need to take out the Calypso name and song titles in that music unless it was a direct factor into the development of that music. Kaiso/Calypso music is the main origin of Caribbean music that was passed along orally from slavery days possible around the 17th century and onwards till present. Every island contracted a piece of it and made it into their own style and it evolved into other genres.

[@amathesaxylady]

Mento came before calypso as far as my research shows. And although they are similar in social commentary the feel is quite different. I did a dissertation on this

[@amathesaxylady]

@@jazmar0822I did a dissertation on this and you are correct. Even some Jamaicans think calypso came first and it’s embarrassing how many do not know their musical history. I played a video to a Jamaican friend who thought I was showing her something from Africa, which was not a bad thing I guess. But it was Jamaican dinky mini music and dance.

[@earlpitman279]

@@amathesaxylady Sorry, I don't agree. Calypso, formerly Kaiso, started during slavery days, late 17 century. A form of communication between slaves because they were not allowed to talk, particularly in the fields. Singing was allowed and they sang in rhyme, told stories, social commentary, comedy and dance and done in ways the masters didn't or couldn't understand. First called Kaiso, the art form developed and evolved orally throughout the Caribbean Islands. It became popular in the early 1900's outside the Caribbean mostly due to tourist arrivals in the region. The music style was also adopted by Jamaican singers and bands and made it folklike and sung as folklore to tourists thereby incorporating it as Mento. Hence the many names of Mento singers and bands with Calypso names or Sobriquets (Lord, Mighty, etc.) Mento is Jamaican Calypso, although the so called Mento bands adopted or added the instrument of the banjo and other instruments. The story isn't being told factually and we just have to agree to disagree.

[@MD-lf3gt]

I love it!!!

[@deliriuscriativus1]

Very Nice music ...

[@brianmckenna1111]

I thought this song was written by Toots and the Maytals. Did he borrow it from old mento music?

[@shyneempress6059]

Sweetness 💖

[@alfredohozcastillo6308]

❤❤

[@1luvg]

Many Blessing to one and all....one love

[@aundraejordine8654]

Absolutely love this. Where is this band’s page? How can I support them directly?

[@superbanjo]

The band's leader is Paul Stone, you can reach him via the band's Facebook page, which is facebook.com/Blue-Glaze-Mento-Band-833360996770927/

[@dukienme]

Nothing better

[@WorldTalk]

that was really great

[@ShortieLeeroy]

Irie and mellow.

[@victorcorolleur411]

thks!

[@earlpitman279]

I should say that this is Calypso music, the first and foremost music out of the Caribbean and in particular out of Trinidad but played throughout the West Indies.

[@matthewdarby9290]

Mento is not calypso

[@earlpitman279]

@@matthewdarby9290 I agree but why is their so much calypso lyrics, re-singing old calypso tunes and calling it Mento? Lots of calypso songs played over by Mento bands, even using the word CALYPSO in their name, songs and bands. One main difference is the usage of the banjo in Mento not used in calypso bands, etc. However, they are both Afro-Caribbean in origin. But in Trinidad particularly and the other Caribbean Islands, Calypso came from slavery days starting back in the 17th century and evolved and became popular in the wider Caribbean in the early 19th century.

[@matthewdarby9290]

@@earlpitman279 it was marketed as calypso because it sounds just like caylpso

[@earlpitman279]

@@matthewdarby9290 Okay, that's understandable. Sounds good and thanks

[@Grogu-485]

@@earlpitman279 Harry Belafonte, song a lot of mento but they sell it as caylpso so from that time there was a confusion so most people call it caylpso but it is different it is Jamaican Mento.

[@rotcod2886]

Same feel as Sweet and Dandy. Or Sweet and Dandy has the same feel as this. Anyone have good vinyl suggestions for Mento albums?

[@shallanesmith8332]

Good music

[@twrgaming2787]

Yes daniel, we will be playing at a hotel tomorrow

[@seelondon100]

Awright - now we talking, "it's a perfect wonder ..."

[@rayoncheddesingh7905]

more of the garto

[@goricaj1]

This is cooler than reggae

[@rayoncheddesingh7905]

guitar lesson please

[@funkdragon23]

If you dislike this song, you have zero taste in music.

[@sassy46201]

No more dislike button exists.

[@Vazlist]

Mento

[@evertonpalheta9629]

soa carimbó !

[@spacehertz]

Real Jamaica!

[@misanthropic1262]

sweet and dandy!

[@evertonpalheta9629]

de arrepiar , mento jamaicanos

[@robotzful]

yes!!!

[@djviddy100]

real mento that

[@louiejc]

sweet & dandy

[@SootahMovies]

sweet and dandy.seen i & i

[@hgaubaul]

You can't play this music if you can't move to the beat.

[@twrgaming2787]

Any one of you have ever heard charlemont band played

[@superbanjo]

Taheer, I hadn't heard the band play until last night when you commented, mentioning the Rumbakah band. But then I searched the group on Facebook, watched a couple of videos, and thought they were very good, so I liked the page. I think Rumbakah is a very good band and I'm especially happy to see some younger people playing mento so well! I don't know that any of the Blue Glaze Mento Band guys have heard Rumbakah. A couple of the members in this video have passed away, and the ones who I think are still around live in country where internet access is very limited. I do think they would appreciate your music very much, though - Rumbakah's music really is very nice. (Incidentally, I did a long study of mento music for my Ph.D. and I spent a great deal of time with Blue Glaze, I think they were one of the great mento bands; I'm also a musician and played banjo on the Jolly Boys "Great Expectation" album - love that there's a banjo player in the group! Taheer, are you a member of Rumbakah?)

[@theshamanshadow]

So when you ask for a numba, you play jamaican rumba, and when she dance you a numba, she pour you a pint of amber!

[@skawilly7872]

[@itsgottobefunky]

Flute guy looks like Lord Krishna!

[@Kittysofcuteness]

go deh ferdie u large :)

[@vernajames2699]

Yes bro Ferdie I hear an she Yu soon come look Fe Yu sister Verna

[@oldtimefreedom]

sweet and dandy!