Cary
Codrington |
Cary Codrington
is a versatile,
in-demand steelpan
musician whose
twenty-year-plus
career was first
boosted in the form
of an opportunity to
play pan
professionally with
Starlift Steel
Orchestra in 1972.
He is the head of
the
internationally-renowned
Codrington Pan Family.
His
talent and enthusiasm for the
instrument has continued since
his youth, and today Cary
gives back through
the nurturing of young
talent within several school
steel orchestras, individuals and groups.
His arranging
talents have
resulted in
championships for
junior steel
orchestras and first
came to the fore in
Trinidad with the Woodbrook Government Secondary
School and continued with the St. Augustine Senior
Comprehensive School Steel
Orchestra, the Success
Laventille School Steelband,
City Symphony
Steelband, Birdsong,
Laventille Sound
Specialists and
Starlift Steel
Orchestra.
For the 2010
steelband panorama
season,
Cary Codrington teamed up with
vocalist Shanaqua
and lyricist Alvin
Daniell for
Pandemic.
This collaboration
continues for the
2011 season with the
track
Pan Jam in de Rama.
Edited by C. Phillips
Cary Codrington’s
full profile
Alvin C. Daniell -
Engineer, Cultural Researcher,
Television Presenter,
Composer and Music Producer
comprise the disciplines
of this individual. In the pan world he
is best known for his
lyrical work with some
of the top pan arrangers
in Trinidad and Tobago.
These include Ray Holman
(Pan
on the Move, Pan on
the Run);
Len “Boogsie” Sharpe (Mind
Yuh Business, Misbehave);
Pelham Goddard (Parade, Play My Music,
Good News, A Happy Song);
Brian “Bean” Griffith
(Trini
Know How, Pure Party,
How we coming
– 2011); Don Clarke
(Can’t Get Enough, Momentum
– 2011). He has also
worked recently with
Edwin Pouchet to produce
hits such as
Thunder
Coming, First in de
Line and
Battle Zone.
So far he has written
lyrics for over six
songs for 2011.
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