The Inspector is the youngest most vital Jamaican jazz in San Diego, stylistically following the path cut by legendary heroes and originator, The Skatalites. After 2 years on the California music scene, they are in demand at traditional ska functions throughout southern California, and have released a full-length album on steady beat recordings. The new disc entitled “Keep it Burnin’”, contains fifteen fire hot tracks, many of which recorded live I the studio. What is the Inspectors recipe for intense Ska for the soul? Front man vocalist and contra bassist James Trent describes: “ The ska is a musical vehicle for love we hold within us. We communicate this love through our collective group improvisation. If people are getting it, that is so great to me. You see all that matters to me is that people hear this music, because I think it can save us from so much of the hopelessness and sadness in the world today. It is a powerful source of positive vibrations.”

People are getting it, and as a result the Inspector has graced the stage with many of today’s traditional Jamaican Jazz stars. The Inspector has billed with modern luminaries Hepcat, the Untouchables, The Skalars, Yeska, Unsteady, See-Spot, Mobtown, The Allentons, Dave Wakeling and his band, and the New York Ska Jazz Ensemble, as well as very special dates with illustrious Jamaican Legends, The Skatalites, and Laurel Aitken. The group, has performed at such notable venues as the belly up, The House of Blues, Blind Melon’s, The whisky a gogo in west Hollywood and The Troubadour.

The Inspector’s music carries a 30- year Jamaican Jazz tradition with an invested renewed vitality that only the young can give. With a style heavily colored by Calypso melodies and a strong American jazz improvisational element, The Inspector’s sound has been likened to the original ska reverberating from the Jamaican dancehalls over thirty years ago. Far from being the carbon copies however, the Inspector’s love for Brazilian Bossa Nova and Bebop ala Charlie Parker finds its way into their sound, resulting in an exciting and burning new ska style, the likes of which will set your soul on fire, and Keep it Burnin’.