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“The Bradley
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The
Bradley Years represent the definitive collection
of steelband music arrangements and performances
for a large steel orchestra. This collection
showcases seven classic arrangements from the
master arranger Clive Bradley. Bradley
is considered to be the best steelband music
arranger ever by many, including his peers.
In addition, the arrangements are performed
by one of the finest steelbands in the world,
New York’s Pantonic Steel Orchestra. Clive Bradley
had a very special relationship with Pantonic.
This orchestra clinched the title of panorama
champions five times in seven years - performing
Bradley’s musical works. The performances
were captured by Basement Recordings days before,
and in one instance, mere moments before they
took the stage for the prestigious annual steelband
music panorama competition.
The recordings
capture, reproduce and present an unrivalled
clarity with sonic realism, of a large steel
orchestra fielding between one hundred and one
hundred twenty musicians - unlike any other
steelband music recordings in its class.
This body
of musical work is a sterling addition for all
fans, educators, players, historians and fine
music collectors.
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Trinidad and Tobago Steelband Panorama and
Carnival Schedule 2018
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. -
Complete Trinidad and Tobago 2018 National
Panorama competition schedule. All rounds -
preliminary, semi-finals and finals.
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Web Posted -
Sunday December 31, 2017
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Melton S. Mustafa and
“Pazz”
Remembering his
impact on Pan
by Dr. Dawn Batson |
Global - Across the
world are stellar persons who quietly and with
great dedication move the pan movement forward.
Melton S. Mustafa was one such person.
He left the road to join a small group of
musician/educators including myself at Florida
Memorial College (later Florida Memorial
University) in 1996.
....From
the first day of our first semester Melton
embraced the pan. He did not regard it (as sadly
so many do) as a novelty to be enjoyed and then
ignored. As pan majors grew in number, he used
the instrument as an integral part of the jazz
band.
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Web Posted -
Sunday December 31, 2017
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Song for Panorama 2018
‘Pan Gone Soca’
sung by “De Panman”
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Global
- Carl Richards a.k.a.
“De Panman” is an ace double second pan player
based in Antigua.
....In
2000 he launched his calypso career and was an
instant hit, making the finals in Antigua &
Barbuda.
For the
2018 Panorama season “De Panman” presents this track, “Pan Gone Soca.”
listen to tune
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Web Posted -
Friday December 29, 2017
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Pan Trinbago celebrates
55 Years of Steelband Panorama |
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. -
Bands in the Northern Region
of Trinidad will kick off the 2018 National
Panorama Single Pan Competition (qualifying
round) on Thursday January 4, 2018 at the bands’
respective pan yards/communities.
Twenty-seven Single Pan Bands will perform their
respective tune of choice before the
adjudicators over a period of three days i.e.
January 4, 5 and 6, commencing at 7:00 p.m.
nightly.
Come
Sunday January 7 and Monday January 8,
twenty-two bands in the country’s Eastern Region
will compete, while the thirteen bands in
South/Central will have their moment of glory on
January 9 and 10. Sister isle Tobago’s four
bands will conclude the preliminary round on
Thursday January 11.
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Web Posted -
Tuesday December 26, 2017
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Song for Panorama 2018
‘Finally’
sung by “Sugar
Aloes”
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Global
- “Sugar Aloes” a.k.a.
Michael Anthony Osouna, is a prominent
calypsonian hailing from Trinidad and Tobago.
Singing local hits such as ‘Party Time’ and
parang favorite ‘Juanita,’ Aloes has amassed a
fan base of at least three generations of
Trinbagonians and calypso lovers.
For the
2018 steelband Panorama season Michael “Sugar
Aloes” Osouna has composed and performs ‘Finally,’
a tribute to the late legendary calypsonian,
Lord Kitchener.
listen to tune
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Web Posted -
Tuesday December 26, 2017
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A Look at 2017 Trinidad &
Tobago Panorama Through the WST Forum Posts of
S.F. Thomas aka “Big Sid” |
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. -
....Trinidad steelband
panorama, from its founding, was set up as a
genius-vs-genius, who-better-than-who, kind of
contest. Where else in the world has such a
format persisted, I wonder? So I doubt very much
that Boogsie's inclination is to be complacent.
Even with all the laurels, genius has a way of
calling attention to itself, and sometimes
positively to seek it. The very name of his band
-- Phase II -- calls attention to something new
and avant garde. All these many years later,
Boogsie's genius calls attention to itself, even
if now, older and wiser, Boogsie projects a
mellowed humility.
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Web Posted -
Tuesday December 19, 2017
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Homegrown concert featuring Talent of CASYM and Steel Sensation Steel Orchestras
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New York, USA - New York steel orchestra fixtures CASYM and Steel Sensation came together to co-produce an event called “Homegrown.” As the title so aptly suggests the event highlighted, promoted, and supported homegrown talent which have come through the ranks of these two distinguished NY music organizations.
On this occasion, on display - the arranging prowess of the up-and-coming steel orchestra arrangers Lance Maximum for CASYM and Tristan Brewington-Japsi for Steel Sensation. In short, the mission was clear - a continued investment in their own homegrown talent, their organizations, their future and continuing growth of the of the art-form through youth.
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Web Posted -
Tuesday December 19, 2017
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USSA Holds Public General
Meeting - Agenda Set - Marching Orders Given...
Expediency, Urgency and Contracts now the Name
of the Game
New York Pan
‘Woke’? |
New York, USA - It’s a
week before Christmas and for two weeks now
California has been burning. Literally. In
addition, there was a major power outage in
Atlanta at the world’s busiest airport and
transfer hubs, during one of the most
challenging travel times of the year. Strange
movements in the forces that govern nature
indeed. But it is the rumblings and disturbance
in the underbelly of the Brooklyn, New York
steelband community that have been creating an
undeniable seismic change in the “Force” felt by
all NY Pan people since this past fall.
And so it
is in this regard and environment, that on
December 18, 2017, USSA (United States Steelband
Association) held its first meeting open to the
public since the newly-elected USSA executive
board has been in place. Of course as to be
expected the topic of Panorama consumed a lot of
the oxygen in the room. However, the meeting did
not devolve into an uncontrollable, raging fire,
self-consuming any and everything in its path
with no logic or direction.
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Web Posted -
Tuesday December 19, 2017
Trinidad and Tobago
Guardian
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Angostura sponsors
champion steelband |
Trinidad
& Tobago, W.I. -
President of Pan Trinbago and the executives of
Pan Trinbago were in high spirits last Thursday
evening when they attended the official
announcement of Newtown Playboys Steel Symphony
acquiring sponsorship from Angostura. The
steelband organisation was victorious earlier in
the day in its legal challenge against the
National Carnival Commission (NCC) withholding
funds from Pan Trinbago.
For the
reigning National Panorama (Single Pan) champion
it was also a happy occasion as when Angostura
previously sponsored Playboys (then Woodbrook
Playboyz) the band won its first title.
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Web Posted -
Monday December 18, 2017
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Song for Panorama 2018
‘The Best Crime
Plan’
sung by Errol
Ballantyne
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Global
- Belmont-born but now
residing in Trincity, east Trinidad, performing
artist Errol “Bally” Ballantyne began singing in
1983. Also a composer, he placed second in
Trinidad & Tobago’s 1985 Road March competition
with “Me ‘Ent Fighting.” He copped the Young
King crown in 1987 with “Party Time” and “The
Magicians.”
For the
2018 steelband Panorama season Errol Ballantyne
has composed and performs “The Best Crime Plan.”
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Web Posted -
Sunday December 17, 2017
When Steel Talks
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Song for Panorama 2018
‘The Party Nice’
sung by Elva King
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Global
- For the 2018
steelband Panorama season Elva King is the
vocalist of choice for this track, ‘The Party
Nice.’
It is
written by composer and panist Hayden Lynch who
began playing in a steelband when he was just
nine.
In the
last few years Lynch has penned several pieces
including 2011’s ‘Children You Must Love Your
Mother.’
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Web Posted -
Friday December 15, 2017
Trinidad and Tobago
Guardian
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Pan returning to the
carnival fete scene |
Trinidad
& Tobago, W.I. -
In addition to being “a nice way to highlight
the steelpan at a different level,” Paninclusive—Pan
Lime in D City, presented by Epic Events &
Marketing Solutions, is offering a scholarship
for a young pan musician to study music at the
tertiary level in T&T.
“This year’s recipient will be a member of
reigning Panorama champion Massy Trinidad All
Stars Steel Orchestra,” said Joanne Phillips,
spokesperson for Epic Events & Marketing
Solutions.
....About Paninclusive, Phillips said she
believed there was a market for the type of
event, “where many pan enthusiasts can enjoy an
evening of pan music, in a classy and elegant
way, using the same elements of an all-inclusive
party, where one can enjoy great ambiance, great
food, great drinks and great friends.
....“Our
guests can expect the best of pan,” said
Phillips. “What we would call pan royalty. We
will welcome our guests with the sounds of
Caribbean Airlines Invaders, a band that
perfects sound, as well as presentation. Guests
will then be treated to an on-stage performance
by our reigning Panorama champion, Massy
Trinidad All Stars; then we will chip home to
the music of Angostura Woodbrook Playboyz. Pan
will be well-represented at Paninclusive.”
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Web Posted -
Tuesday December 12, 2017
PresConnects.com
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Binghamton Steel Drum
Band has taught students Caribbean music for 18
years
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Binghamton, New York, USA -
A couple years after Joel
Smales heard Ithaca College's Steel Band, he
bought a steel pan of his own to play along with
Binghamton High School's Jazz Ensemble.
"Everybody
loved it," said Smales, a music teacher at the
school. "I got some old drums, and from there,
it kind of blossomed and took off."
Soon,
Smales secured a grant to purchase a few old
steel pans for the school, and the Steel Drum
Band was formed in 1999.
At the
start, the ensemble had just six members.
The band,
now known as The Binghamton High School Juice
Blenders Steel Drum Band, currently has about 30
students.
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Web Posted -
Monday December 11, 2017
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Ignorance - The Mighty
Jamma - Story in Song on Challenges Faced
Promoting the Steelband
Artform
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England, U.K. - “This
is a true story about the Mighty Jamma of
England, and the trials and tribulations that he
went through promoting the Steeldrum from
Trinidad and Tobago.”
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Web Posted -
Sunday December 10, 2017
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Song for Panorama 2018
‘Roll Up On It’
sung by Jimmy
Chambers
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Global
- Born in the
Caribbean twin islands of Trinidad & Tobago
(T&T), Jimmy Chambers traveled to England with
great expectations of being a successful singer
and has since realised that ambition.
....In
2012 Jimmy Chambers wrote songs for the
steelband Panorama – including Underdog,
also for J’Ouvert....
For the
upcoming [2018] Panorama season Jimmy is back
with a musical invitation to Roll Up On It.
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Web Posted -
Friday December 8, 2017
Trinidad and Tobago
Newsday
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Despers moves house again
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Trinidad
& Tobago, W.I. -
Desperadoes Steel Orchestra is on the move
again. On Monday members of the steelband moved
onto the former grounds of the Government
Printery at the corner of Victoria Avenue and
Tragarete Road, Port of Spain.
The band’s
assistant manager Martin Caine said, “We moved
in on Monday morning to inspect the grounds
before we started cleaning. Most of the pan
racks are already on location on a paved area on
the eastern end. It will take some doing to get
the site ready, but we will be going all out.”
Caine said
since the band left Frederick Street earlier
this year, it had been at Jerningham Avenue in
Belmont, on the grounds of the former Ideal High
School.
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Web Posted -
Thursday December 7, 2017
The Hamilton
Spectator
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Luckystickz is more than just ‘that steel pan guy’ |
Ontario,
Canada - Dejehan
Hamilton broke new ground five years ago by
becoming one of the first students at Boston's
prestigious Berklee College of Music to claim
the steel pan as his principal instrument.
Now,
Hamilton — born and raised in the north end of
the city that shares his name — is breaking new
ground by mixing his virtuosity on the
chrome-plated Caribbean drum with his love for
contemporary R&B.
After
graduating in 2016 with a four-year degree from
Berklee, Hamilton returned home, performing his
unique blend of soul, Soca, R&B and reggae under
the stage name Luckystickz.
At first,
he worried that he'd become known as "that steel
pan guy" instead of a contemporary pop artist.
But Hamilton soon learned to embrace the
quirkiness of his chosen instrument.
"I wanted
to be my own guy, an artist who happens to play
steel pan," Hamilton, 24, says between mouthfuls
of chocolate cake and sips on a mango/orange
drink at the Mulberry Café on James Street
North.
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Web Posted -
September, 2017
When Steel Talks
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The Ugly, The Uglier and
The Ugliest - New York Panorama 2017
tag words for 2017
NY Panorama: Embarrassing, Shameful,
Thoughtless, Bandits
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New York, USA -
Well if you haven’t
heard already, New York's 2017 Panorama Steel
Orchestra competition was an epic failure for
most. Unless you were the show’s promoters - who
got away as bandits in the night - except it was
a broad daylight-mugging with everyone watching.
Calling the promoters “bandits” is really
a description 'upgrade’ as they have been known
as the original Evil Empire to the Brooklyn
Steelband community for decades.
So in this regard, let’s cut
the crap! And the fake news from those who are
spreading alternative facts, about how great New
York 2017 Panorama was. In reality it was jacked
up.
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Web Posted
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2017 Trinidad & Tobago Panorama
Review - the Good, Bad and Ugly |
Trinidad
& Tobago, W.I. - The 2017
Trinidad and Tobago Panorama season—and by extension
the Carnival season—was a tumultuous one that was
overflowing with enough drama, intrigue, passion
and controversy to field a season of Scandal, Empire
or Game of Thrones. But in the end there was the
music. An abundance of great music created by the
finest arrangers, and outstanding performances delivered
by the best steel orchestras in the world.
Two songs
captured the imagination of Trinidad and Tobago
for this 2017 Panorama and Carnival season - “Full
Extreme” by Ultimate Rejects and “Good Morning”
by Peter Ram. In fact, “Good Morning” became sort
of the de-facto “test piece” as no other tune of
choice has endeared itself to the steel orchestras
as much in recent times. However, on closer inspection
Bunji Garlin & Machel Montano’s “Buss Head” or Crazy’s
“Gee Gee Ree” would be apropos to telling the complete
Panorama season’s story.
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Early Trinidad and Tobago
Steelbands Names Associated with Hollywood Movies |
Global
- Within the historical
context, a look at the impact of American movies
on the naming of early steelbands of Trinidad and
Tobago.
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Web Posted
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Complete Summary of
Results of all Conventional Steel Orchestras - 2017
Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama
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Trinidad
& Tobago, W.I. - At a
glance and on a single page, access the comprehensive
summary of results for the Small, Medium and Large
conventional steel orchestras participating in their
respective categories in the 2017 Panorama.
Follow the
musical journey of respective bands through all
three phases - preliminaries, semi-finals and finals
through data on band info, scores, tunes of choice
and arrangers.
access full summary here
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Tunes of Choice
- Trinidad & Tobago Steelband Panorama 2017
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Trinidad
& Tobago, W.I. - A unique
playlist featuring only the music selected as Tunes
of Choice for the Trinidad and Tobago 2017 Steelband
Panorama and Carnival.
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