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A Warmer side of
Christmas
New York -
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The stage side of one of
Trinidad's best known steel orchestras, Pan Knights, will be "Christmasing"
in a slightly warmer environment for 2005. The steel orchestra is based in San Juan, Trinidad and Tobago in the
Caribbean, but the upcoming holiday will find the twenty-member steel orchestra
in Calabar, capital of
I Remember
I'm listening
to a recording of Carib Pan Jammers playing "One for De Savannah," their
1997 Panorama tune. It's bringing back a feeling of nostalgia from the
days when I knew nothing about the inner workings of the pan fraternity:
the trash-talking,
the womanizing, the politics, the favoritism, the controversies, or any
of that. I can remember spending hours watching my '97 Panorama video
and being amazed at the pannists, especially the basses. It wasn't about
watching the guys... it was about the amazing passion the players showed,
the marvelous music, and the synchronization of the bass players hands
as they did their thing. |
Tribute To Mr. Bradleyby - Andy Narell Bradley gone. What do you say about composers when they're gone? I'm not much for speeches. But I was a fan and we were casual friends. Like everybody else I just want to throw in my two cents, say goodbye. As far as I know Bradley couldn't play pan at all, had never even bothered to learn. But it was obvious that the guy had the feeling for steelband music. He understood orchestration and what makes a steelband swing. The thing I always loved about his music was its straightforwardness - elegant, simply stated. LIke he had enough respect for his ideas to let them stand on their own. Less is more. Make the music sweet. |
Pan Trinbago
settles
The 2002 concert which attracted a large crowd at the Jean Pierre Complex, Port of Spain, was organised by Pan Trinbago to highlight the achievement of the steelband movement and drew bands from several other countries. Three of Terror's tunes were played: "Pan Talent", "Last Year's Happiness", and "Steelband Jamboree". Terror, 85, said yesterday a final settlement of $30,000 had been reached by Pan Trinbago. |
Rhythm: Students encouraged to be themselves Richardson is a senior at Phoebus High School in Hampton. He’s been with The Rhythm Project All Stars , a group of mostly high school steel band students, for about five years. He said he’s trying to figure out how he can play the steel drums, either professionally or in college, once he graduates. He describes himself
as a former class clown who “used to get in trouble” and would get
C’s and “an occasional F.” Now, he says, he gets B’s and even A’s .
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Clive Bradley
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Trinidad
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I mentioned before many people are speaking only about his
association with Despers, but according to my brother Aldwin
Albino they are forgetting the higher level.|
Web Posted -
Monday
December 19, 2005 When Steel Talks - Editorial |
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And we are sure many more will be explored in the near and further
future. Mr. Bradley won a record ten New York panorama
competitions among his many other
accomplishments as recently reported in the New York Times. Nine
of these wins took place on the Brooklyn Museum grounds. In this
regard, nothing short of a life-like memorial statue and site honoring
the master at the entrance of the Brooklyn Museum would adequately
address this giant's significance and work.|
Web Posted -
Sunday
December 18, 2005 When Steel Talks - Special -- Republished With Permission |
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His
preferred drink is rum and coke though he sips a beer in the
pan tent this particular night. Standing a slight five feet
three inches in sandals, he peers through round, brown
glasses. Cigarette
smoke punctuates every word of his flat, nearly monotone
voice. And while he engages in lively repartee with band
members, he does not tolerate skylarking. "You are losing
concentration," he warns an embarrassed double second pan
player. |
Web Posted -
Sunday
December 18, 2005 Trinidad Express |
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December 18, 2005 When Steel Talks - Special |
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for Clive Bradley [1936-2005] Veteran Steelband Arranger
was up spring flow road we met and it was raining sxango was peeling. So
we sheltered under a mango tree discussing heritage issues both adamant of the need to protect the arts for prosperity [more] |
Teacher inspires band of steel
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In the spirit of the holiday season the House of Classic Steel is featuring new and past memorable holiday steelband performances from all over the world.
House of Classic Steel
is formatted for the popular wide screen format and requirements include
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Web Posted -
Friday
December 16, 2005 Trinidad Express |
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December 15, 2005 When Steel Talks - Special |
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Thursday
December 15, 2005 When Steel Talks - Special |
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By Elizabeth Redden, Delaware State News
The school has steel drums
on loan for six weeks this winter, giving students the
chance to bang away today in their respective bands.
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Tropical
rhythms will warm today’s winter concert at South Dover
Elementary School, as fourth-graders will tap steel drums to
the beats of “La Bamba” and “Christmas Acom,” a Jamaican
carol.|
Pan World Share Their
Thoughts |
Oasis Youth Newark, New
Jersey - Oasis Youth
Steel Pan Ensemble, part of the Oasis Folk Arts Academy program directed
by Bevan Black, proudly held it's first annual holiday celebration this
past Sunday.
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Parents, family members and well-wishers crowded into
the meeting room/auditorium of the spacious facility that was previously
an area hospital which closed its doors eight years ago. It was
subsequently acquired by Drs. Clyde Pemberton and Trevor Atherley and
put to use as the New United Center, a meeting place for social and
cultural activities for area residents, as they give back to the
community.
Oasis Youth Steel Pan
Ensemble
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Silver Stars
have 'Star' Quality
Trinidad -
Silver Stars not
only have had the right idea for a number of years,
The night of December 3rd was yet another one in the steel orchestra's super successful musical series. Each weekend, the Silver Stars stage side of pan musicians performs two sets, along with their invited guest artistes. |
but
they have kept on using the same winning formula on an annual basis
around the festive season in Trinidad and Tobago. This year their
Parang and Steel series is in its fifteenth year, and remains
immensely popular with the upper middle class in Trinbagonian
society. December 17 will be the final in the six Saturday nights
of Parang and Steel.|
Web Posted -
Monday
December 12, 2005 When Steel Talks - Special |
CASYM
''Classical Caribbean
Christmas"
New
York - The night belonged
to the Caribbean American Sports and Cultural Youth Movement (CASYM)
Steel Orchestra,
the parents,
the players and the steelpan instrument. CASYM held its
annual "Classical Caribbean Christmas" at the world famous Brooklyn
Museum. The capacity crowd was treated to a very special show. For two
hours the audience witnessed an exceptional and entertaining show that
showcased the talent, and teaching ability of the members of CASYM.
Pan Fest
leaves audience pleased as punch
ST. CROIX - With a crowd of more than 2,000 people packing a standing-room-only Island Center on Saturday, 14 student steel pan bands brought local and traditional holiday songs to life in the 10th annual Pan Fest. "I'm ecstatic, I just feel so proud tonight. There's just so many people, and I'm so thankful for the support," organizer Eslie Williams said. "It's been great all these years, but tonight is exceptional." |
BAS 7th ANNUAL AWARDS
United Kingdom
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NY Panyards 2005 In Review By Sherwin Thwaites When asked to review Panyards 2005, at first I was very apprehensive. As a musician, (particularly an arranger) we tend to become attached and very protective of our piece of work. Therefore, it becomes hard to accept criticisms from outsiders who don’t know the work from it’s inception.. Now let’s review. The great thing about Panyards is that the bands are playing at nice slow to medium tempos. Therefore, it makes it easier to hear each section with clarity. I’m not sure if the recording was mixed in Pro Tools or some other high-end recording medium, but audibly it is pristine. |
Thanks For The
Music
I know it been said already |
Bradley's
Greatness It is taken for granted these days that all the faults of everyone are held under a microscope for everyone to examine. And so it was that while on the plane returning from the burial of Clive Bradley, the sadness still fresh in my heart like a new coat of paint, I learned there were some who chose to write about the alleged circumstances of Mr. Bradley’s death. It can hardly have been unexpected, but I confess to having been a little shocked that without the benefit of an autopsy report, and with a most irrelevant photograph of the man’s grieving children such things could be printed under the guise of “news”. |
The Jammer For Bradley by - Dawad Philip-
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Master Arranger, Musician, Composer,
Producer Pelham Goddard, Ray Holman, Jit Samaroo, Ella Andall, Dave "Peck" Edwards, Pat Bishop, Dr. Dawn Batson, Garvin Blake, Collins Jackman, Arddin Herbert, Andy Narel and others share their thoughts and memories on master arranger Clive Bradley. |
Clive Bradley's
Trinidad -
On Friday
December 2, just later over an hour before the scheduled 10:00 AM
celebration of his life, Clive Bradley lay in state at the
Desperadoes pan theater in Lav |
Clive Bradley
by - Dr. Dawn K. Batson
Florida -
Since news of Clive Bradley’s death Sparrow’s calypso “Memories”
has been looping continuously through my brain. |
Clive Bradley
by - Robbie Joseph
United
Kingdom - The following is a lasting memory I have of the
greatness of Clyde and his captivating music. This episode of my
life is often relived when his music is played. |
In 1998,
Clive
Bradley musically directed Nutones Steel Orchestra to capture
the coveted title of National Panorama Champs with his
captivating arrangement of David Rudder’s ‘High Mas’. In 1999,
he returned ‘up de hill’ to his old haunt, Desperadoes.
Initially there were mixed feelings of using Bradley’s musical
talents instead of Robbie Greenidge’s but he soon changed that
with his musicality. |
Pan World Share Their
Thoughts and Memories |
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Web Posted -
Sunday
December 25,
2005 When Steel Talks |
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[ PANTONIC + BASEMENT + BRADLEY ] x 4
= Caution: Very Sweet Pan Music, Very Addictive |
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Web Posted -
Saturday,
October 1, 2005 When Steel Talks - Special |
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their greatness. And when captured, they are simply magic, and
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Web Posted -
Sunday November 27, 2005 When Steel Talks - Special - Breaking News |
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New York - Master steelband music arranger Clive Bradley passed away today in Trinidad. The revered musician recently celebrated his 69th birthday. He was a father, a scholar, a gentleman, a teacher and respected giant among his peers. His passion for life and his music will not be duplicated. We at When Steel Talks are proud to have called Mr. Bradley, friend, mentor and champion. |
The
Master has passed
Clive Bradley by - Collins Jackman - When Steel Talks - Special
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Did You Ever Know Clive Bradley? by - T. John New York - Did you ever know Clive Bradley? Did you ever meet Clive Bradley? Did you ever talk to Clive Bradley? Did you ever dance, sing or listen to the music of Clive Bradley?
As I write this I think to myself what a bummer. |
'Brads' May Have Had Laventille,
Trinidad -
It was after three AM on Saturday December 2, as
the last of us straggled out of Desperadoes panyard in Laventille, high
up on the hill, with the lights
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of Port-of-Spain and environs ablaze
down below. That particular lighted scene is normal every night on the hill.
But on this occasion, it was another set of lights which commanded attention, and demanded and received respectful
acknowledgement.
It's Another Day Trinidad - It's Saturday morning again, and very much like last Saturday exactly one week ago, it's another surreal atmosphere. I'd worked through the night, and as dawn broke, we got the call that Clive Bradley had just passed away at hospital. The rest of that day was spent in a kind of denial, that this really wasn't happening, that having worked through the night, I had fallen asleep, and was having a bad dream. But, like this morning, it was very much a reality. It is no dream. |
Laventille,
Trinidad
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Farewell Ceremony
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Moving send-off for pan icon Bradley By Joan Rampersad Trinidad - Hundreds turned up for the funeral of ace arranger and pan icon, Clive Bradley, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception yesterday. It was a virtual who’s who of the pan fraternity and the "hill" that converged on the church. Bradley, clothed in white suit, grey shirt and with two red roses in his lapel, bore a most peaceful look on his face while his body lay at the church with background music coming from the WITCO Desperadoes. |
Panorama honour for Bradley
Veteran arranger laid to rest Cordielle Street
Trinidad - PANORAMA 2006 will be in tribute to pan master Clive Bradley, Pan Trinbago president Patrick Arnold said yesterday at the funeral service for the arranger who was laid to rest less than a week after his 69 birthday. "The man and a band, with a rhythm in the land to make you laugh and weep. The man and a band with a rhythm in the land to make you sigh real deep," lyricised Fr Clyde Harvey who officiated at the memorial service. |
Missing: Laura Watson |
Clive Bradley, Dies at 69;
Arranged Trinidadian
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Clive Bradley – by - GB - When Steel Talks
New York - The pan world has lost it's signature
voice. Bradley embodied the spirit of panorama. |
Clive Bradley –JUST REMEMBER THE MUSIC! by - AH - When Steel Talks
New York - |
Delta State to debut new Steel Drum Band
CLEVELAND - An instrument that traces
its origins to 19th century gang wars in the Caribbean has found a
home in the hearts of some young people at Delta State University. |
St. Andrew’s Kirk observes 187th anniversary – Launches Youth Steelband Guyana - The St. Andrew’s Kirk on Avenue of the Republic and Brickdam today observed its 187th anniversary of Work and Witness in Guyana, which coincided, with the launching of the Kirk’s Youth Steelband. The steelband, which will be named after the late, Rev. Cyril Thompson consists of 23 members including two Sunday school teachers and an instructor. |
Despers mourns Bradley’s death By Michelle Loubon Trinidad - As news of Clive Bradley’s death spread through the pan fraternity, friends, stalwarts and pannists began streaming into the Desperadoes’ panyard yesterday. Bradley died after suffering a stroke. He was admitted to Port-of- Spain General Hospital on Wednesday. He also suffered from hypertension. He died at 6 am, yesterday. |
A legend remembered BY SASHA MOHAMMED Trinidad - Easily one of the most important music figures in the history and development of the steelband movement and T&T’s culture, Bradley was a prolific composer and charismatic educator, scholar and steelband music arranging master. He was recognized all over the world, bringing to the society and art form a sense of social significance and savant that no other could. |
Master musician Clive Bradley dies Trinidad - Master musician Clive Bradley, internationally revered for his work as arranger for the Witco Desperadoes steel orchestra, passed away yesterday at Port of Spain General Hospital, four days after suffering a stroke at home. As news of his passing spread, calls, queries and tributes poured in from everywhere. The Sunday Express received telephone calls from Cliff Alexis of Northern Illinois University, fellow keyboardist Raf Robertson in Washington DC, career pan fan Gaston Maloney from Grand Cayman, and Pamberi's Nestor Sullivan. |
BAS Pan
Explosion 2005
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What a night it was, filled with the sweet sounds
of steelpan music. BAS sixth annual Pan Explosion competition staged
at the Pyramids in Portsmouth this year on Saturday 5th November
2005 certainly brought the extra fireworks on ‘Guy Fawkes’ Night to
Portsmouth on the English South Coast. The evening started with
Loxford Pan Ultimate Steelband entertaining the audience as they
drifted through the lobby of the banqueting suite towards the
seating area. Pan Ultimate’s wide repertoire ensured that everyone
listened to their favourite genre of music.
Triumph for Exocubs Steel orchestra new junior pan champ Michael Mondezie
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Clive Bradley
- Happy
Birthday 2005
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This prolific composer and charismatic educator, scholar and
steelband music arranging master turned 69 this past weekend.
Recognized all over the world, Clive Bradley is to steelpan music, what Duke Ellington is to jazz and
Mozart is to classical music - and much more - because of the social
significance and genius he brought to the art form and a people.
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