Bonanza Ska

Carlos Malcolm & His Afro-Jamaican Rhythms cut the ska cover in Jamaica, with Malcolm leading the arrangement of the Bonanza television theme. The original single credits Malcolm as producer. The track turned the Bonanza TV theme into one of the era’s best-known Jamaican ska novelty records. It became a major local hit and helped define Malcolm’s reputation in the early ska scene. Bonanza Ska remains a staple of ska reissue compilations and has been covered and cited as a classic early Jamaican instrumental. Its continued circulation has kept Carlos Malcolm’s name attached to the formative ska canon.