High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Theophilus Beckford (1935 – 19 February 2001), also known by the nickname "Snappin'", was a Jamaican pianist who was one of the pioneers of indigenous Jamaican music.Beckford was born in 1935 in Trench Town, Kingston, Jamaica, the second of three sons.He learned to play piano at the Boys' Town home for indigent boys in west Kingston, initially inspired by Rosco Gordon and Fats Domino, and on leaving bought a piano and began working with producer Stanley Motta, backing local calypsonians.His piano playing helped to define the sound and feel of ska music, as distinct from Jamaican rhythm

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