First up on this
Cool Steel
edition is a steel orchestra which serves as an ambassador
for steelpan worldwide. Led by Terrence Noel, the BT Melodians
from the United Kingdom continually travel around the globe year-round
to perform. One of their CDs is called BT
Melodians Steel Orchestra UK Live at University of Hertfordshire.
Featured on the program is the third track from that recording - "Humming
Bird."
The selection from the last edition of
Cool Steel
which got the most votes, submitted by email to
panradio@panonthenet.com, was "Signal
Hill Groove" by
Hugh Huggins, Jr. based in the USA.
Incidentally, this track is once again in rotation on this program. Voted in at #2 and #3
respectively, were the Caribbean Jazz Project from the
USA with "Abracadabra"
, featuring Andy Narell on steelpan, and from Queens, New
York, Steel Sensation with "This
Love."
Keep those emails coming!
