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Alvin Daniell |
Alvin
Daniell is a qualified Mechanical Engineer by profession
and Director/Owner of the Air Conditioning contracting
firm, Comfort Engineering Limited, which was founded in
1979. Despite this he has been involved in music almost
all of his life. He is a composer, television presenter
on cultural events, and has served as an adjudicator for
Calypso Competitions, Pan Competitions, National and
Caribbean Song Festivals and various other cultural
competitions in Trinidad and throughout the Caribbean.
He has conducted workshops on Calypso and Pan in
Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, St. Lucia, Antigua and
Miami.
In the
seventies he began composing calypsos and is best
known for his joint compositions with Ray Holman of
"Pan on the Move" and "Pan on the Run". In the
eighties he also teamed up with Len "Boogsie" Sharpe
to produce a number of hits including "Rags to
Riches", "Carnival is Bacchanal" and "I like to beat
pan". In the nineties he co-wrote with "Boogsie" the
well-known "Mind yuh Business" and "Misbehave" which
were sung by Denyse Plummer. He also worked with
Pelham Goddard to compose the Panorama prize winning
"Happy Song" and "Good News" sung by Roger George.
Contact: Alvin C. Daniell
Comfort Engineering Ltd
47 Mucurapo Road
St. James, Trinidad, W.I.
Tel: 868 625 8971
Cell: 868 680 1718
Email:
adaniell@comforteng.com
Web:
www.majorandminor.com
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