Tock tock or tock tock can refer to Claves a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of short, thick dowels. Steelpan a pitched percussion instrument, also known as a steel drum Any of several types of beetle of the family Tenebrionidae disambig ... more details
Philmore Boots Davidson born 1928 in Port of Spain , Trinidad died 1993 was an arranger and musician of the Steelpan . Person Philmore Davidson was one of the leader figures of the Casablanca Steel Orchestra, one of the oldest steelbands of Trinidad. He was a member of the Trinidad All Steel Percussion Orchestra TASPO Steelband TASPO and visited England in 1951. In 1956, Davidson left Trinidad to live in London . ref http www.tobago.org trinidad pan panpeep pp05.htm Boots ref Notes reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Davidson, Philmore ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1928 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1993 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Davidson, Philmore Category Steelpan musicians Category Trinidad and Tobago musicians Category 1928 births Category 1993 deaths de Philmore Davidson ... more details
A pannist is a person who plays the steelpan . A professional pannist can perform solo pieces, play with a steel band, or accompany one or more singers or solo instrumentalists. Image JonathanScalesFourchestra.jpg thumb right American pannist Jonathan Scales & band performing in 2011 Pannists often play with their respective bands in large competitions, ref cite web url http www.pan jumbie.com sam steelband history 2.htm title Another Look At The History Of The Steel Band No. 2 1945 1949 accessdate 2008 02 21 date May 2005 last Saldenha first Robert year 2005 work Sam s Newsletter Dead link date October 2010 bot H3llBot ref and generally memorize everything that they perform. ref name diverse cite web url http www.diversitynow.ca article.jsp jsessionid AGJCODFIOJFA?content 20040825 145033 5260 title Focal Point Steelpan Playing in De Band accessdate 2008 02 21 last Woodall first Carolyn year 2008 work Diversity Now ref The pannist s top position in a steelband is that of the captain while large ensembles may also include section leaders, musicians that assist the captain. ref name authority cite web url http library2.nalis.gov.tt Default.aspx?PageContentMode 1&tabid 165 title Steelband accessdate 2008 02 21 year 2007 work National Library and Information System Authority of Trinidad and Tobago ref Influential pannists include Ellie Mannette , inventor of several concepts in the construction of steelpan instruments and a tenor pan player, and Winston Simon , the inventor and a skilled player of the tenor pan. ref name authority References references Category Steelpan musicians percussionist stub the correct spelling of the name for someone who plays the steelpan is panist with one S. ... more details
George Sonny Goddard April 28, 1924 January 1988 ref name tobago.org cite web url http www.tobago.org trinidad pan goddard txstart.htm title George Sonny Goddard accessdate 2008 09 17 work Tobago.org ref was a Steel Pan enthusiast and President of the Steelband Association. George Goddard is still recognised for his work with the steelpan . Person George Goddard was born and raised in New Town, a district of Port of Spain , Trinidad . ref name tobago.org He pursued his goal to reform the steelband movement with a strong passion. Spending several decades at the task then documented his hard effort in a book that was aptly titled Forty Years in the Steelbands 1939 to 1979 . Goddard has proved himself to be a very persistent man by fighting many battles against the government and even losing his job for doing do. George Goddard as a former president of the Steelband Association, fighting for the Steelpan to be seen as a respectable, non threatening instrument around the world and the have a powerful yet democratic group of people. He was chairman of the Association from 1957 ref http www.tobago.org trinidad pan goddard txstart.htm President ref to 1971 leading him to meet important figures such as Elizabeth Bowes Lyon . His work with the steelpan greatly influenced his sons leading them to be just as passionate in the pan as he was. Notes references External links http www.trinbagopan.com steelpan Georgegoddard.htm Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Goddard, George ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1924 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1988 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Goddard, George Category 1924 births Category 1988 deaths Category Trinidad and Tobago musicians Category Steelpan musicians Category Place of birth missing Category Trinidad and Tobago activists de George Goddard ... more details
Guillermo Antonio Prospect born February 10, 1928 2000 was a Conducting conductor and promoter of the Steelpan . Person Prospect grew up in Port of Spain where he attended School and won a scholarship to study military bandmastership in England . ref http www.nalis.gov.tt national icons AnthonyProspect.htm Scholarship ref He joined the Trinidad and Tobago Police Band in 1944 and retired in 1982. Anthony Prospect won the Steelband Music Festival in 1982 with the Casablanca Steel Orchestra. Notes reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Prospect, Anthony ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH February 10, 1928 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 2000 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Prospect, Anthony Category Steelpan musicians Category Trinidad and Tobago musicians Category 1928 births Category 2000 deaths Category Article Feedback 5 de Anthony Prospect ... more details
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Image Replace this image male.svg 150px right Bertie Marshall born February 6, 1936 as Bertram Lloyd Marshall in Port of Spain , Trinidad is a Innovator pioneer , musician and music instrument maker of the Steel Pan . Life and Merits Marshall is credited to have introduced harmonic tuning of Steelpan notes in 1956, as well as inventing the Double Tenor instrument. He was also the first person to amplify the Steelpan. He developed the Quadrophonics , Six Pan and Twelve Bass together with Rudolph Charles of Desperadoes Steel Orchestra from Laventille . Marshall has been building and tuning instruments for Desperadoes since 1970. Marshall was part of a project of the Caribbean Industrial Research Institute in 1982 which investigated the possibilities of machine production of Steel Pans. Bertie Marshall received the Chaconia Medal Gold in 1992. He further received the Trinity Cross Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago , presented by president George Maxwell Richards in 2008. ref http www.tntisland.com nationalawards.html Order of Republic ref Readings Felix I. R. Blake The Trinidad and Tobago Steel Pan History and Evolution. ISBN 0 952 55280 9 References Materials science and metallurgy of the Caribbean steel drum Part I Fabrication, deformation phenomena and acoustic fundamentals, Springer Netherlands, ISSN0022 2461 Reflection on Aspects that define the Steelband culture of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Jeannine Remy D.M.A. and Jeremy G. de Barry P.Dip. E.E.Eng. June 2005 Notes reflist 3 External links http www.trinbagopan.com bertie 1803058.html Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Marshall, Bertie ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH February 6, 1936 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Marshall, Bertie Category Steelpan musicians Category Trinidad and Tobago musicians Category Living people Category 1936 births de Bertie Marshall ... more details
Winston Spree Simon 1930 18 April 1976 was an inventor , Innovator pioneer and musician of the Steel Pan . Life Simon was born in Rosehill, East Dry River, Port of Spain , Trinidad . He is credited with the invention of the Ping Pong Steel Pan instrument. Simon also was part of TASPO Steelband TASPO , the Trinidad All Steel Percussion Orchestra and visited Great Britain in 1951. ref www.tobago.org trinidad pan sr sr00024.htm ref Winston Spree Simon worked closely with Anthony Williams who later on invented the fourth and fifth Soprano Pan. Simon also gave Bertie Marshall significant impulses for his work in developing harmonical tuning. The American musician and composer Van Dyke Parks celebrated the life of Winston Simon in the song Tribute to Spree on his album Clang of the Yankee Reaper written and first recorded by Lord Kitchener calypsonian Lord Kitchener . Further reading Felix I. R. Blake The Trinidad and Tobago Steel Pan. History and Evolution . ISBN 0 952 55280 9 The Steelband Movement The Forging of a National Art in Trinidad and Tobago. By Stephen Stuempfle. Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Press, 1995 Ring of Steel Pan Sound and Symbol by Cy Grant, MacMillan 1999 Notes reflist See also Steelpan Ellie Mannette External links http www.nalis.gov.tt Biography history PanPioneers WinstonSimonEllieMannette.htm http www.trinisoca.com steelpan spree.html Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Simon, Winston ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1930 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 18 April 1976 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Simon, Winston Category 1930 births Category 1976 deaths Category Steelpan musicians Category Trinidad and Tobago musicians Category Date of birth missing Category Place of death missing de Winston Simon ... more details
Brian Wittman is an United States American musical instrument maker from Maui , Hawaii . He is the inventor of the xaphoon also known as Maui xaphoon or bamboo saxophone , which he developed during the 1970s. Wittman is also a vocalist and instrumentalist, singing and playing saxophone and steelpan with Brian Papa B. Wittman & the Cool Steel Band. See also Xaphoon External links http www.coolsteelband.com Brian Papa B. Wittman & the Cool Steel Band coolsteelband.com expired on 31 October 2007 and is pending renewal or deletion http www.youtube.com watch?v j3Wnx2VYZq8 How a Xaphoon is made This is Brian Papa B. Wittmann showing how to make a Xaphoon Use dmy dates date September 2010 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata NAME Wittman, Brian ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American musician instrument maker DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Wittman, Brian Category Year of birth missing living people Category People from Maui Category American musical instrument makers Category Steelpan musicians Category American saxophonists Category Place of birth missing living people Category Living people US music bio stub ... more details
Harps, and Tobago s Hope Pan Groove. Successfully bringing steelpan into the American pop culture ... His internationally acclaimed Pan For Punks A Steelpan Tribute To The Ramones was voted ... of its kind for the steelpan genre. The members of The Ramones loved it so much they personally ......A Steelpan Tribute To The Ramones, 2006 Pan Can Jam 2007 Been Caught Steelin ...A Steelpan Tribute To Jane s Addiction, 2008 Under The Caribbean Sun, 2010 Pan On The North Shore...A Steelpan Tribute To Jack Johnson, 2011 The Pan Police...A Steelpan Tribute To The Police, 2012 External links http ... American percussionists Category Steelpan musicians Category Musicians from North Carolina ... more details
Rudolph Charles October 1, 1938 March 29, 1985 was a musician and instrument maker of the Steelpan . But most notably, he was a pioneer and visionary leader of the steelband movement in Trinidad and Tobago . Charles was born as fourth of nine children and grew up in Laventille , a ward of Trinidad , near the capital Port of Spain . He was the Bandleader and Tuner of the Desperadoes Steel Orchestra from 1961 until his death at age 46 in 1985. Charles invented several instruments for the steelband, like the Nine Bass , the Rocket Pans or the Twelve Bass . ref cite web url http pantrinbago.co.tt www profiles details.asp?profileID 10 title Rudolph Charles accessdate 2008 11 25 work Pan Trinbago web site Dead link date October 2010 bot H3llBot ref He also invited other pantuners to collaborate with him, like Bertie Marshall . Rudolph Charles engaged himself strongly in the steelband movement. The boycott of the national Panorama music competition Panorama in 1979 was a result of Charles fight for higher recognition of pannists. References references External links youtube 4kvhLQ e8tk Rudolph Charles Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Charles, Rudolph ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1938 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH March 29, 1985 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Charles, Rudolph Category Steelpan musicians Category 1938 births Category 1985 deaths Category Trinidad and Tobago musicians Trinidad bio stub de Rudolph Charles ... more details
Refimprove date May 2011 steelpan Steelbands , originating from Trinidad and Tobago , are a group of musicians who play the steel drum family of instruments including the Tenor, Second and Guitar as an orchestral ensemble, often with extended percussion and rhythm section. This is a list of notable steelbands organized by country and continent. Image Exodus Steelband in London.jpg thumb right 250px The Exodus Steelband from Trinidad and Tobago play at Trafalgar Square in the United Kingdom UK Trinidad and Tobago class wikitable Band Location Sforzata Steelband Curepe Desperadoes Steel Orchestra Laventille Renegades Charlotte street ,port of spain All Stars PORT OF SPAIN Category Steelbands Category Lists of musicians by genre Steelbands ... more details
Sak sho is a jazz quartet based band in France . Sak sho is based in the Beguine dance beguine , the polyrhythmic music of the French West Indies French Caribbean . The band members are Mario Canonge piano , Michel Alibo bass and Jean Phillip Fanfant drums all born in the French Caribbean, plus North American Andy Narell steelpan . ref http www.rambles.net sakesho selftitl02.html Origin ref The group is based in Paris . They perform under the direction of Heads Up International inc. They recorded just two albums in the past five years, and have worked with the likes of several famous jazz musicians on their album projects. Notes references External links http www.myspace.com sakesho Sak sho at myspace DEFAULTSORT Sakesho Category Heads Up International artists ... more details
defined through its difference to the steelpan . Furthermore, the term steelpan pan is used for the national ... that handpan is a suitable and well understood new term for the abbreviation of a steelpan ... more details
The US Navy Steel Band was the first all American and only military Steelpan steel band . It was organized in 1957 by Rear Admiral Daniel V. Gallery , from the band assigned to him, while he was commander of the Tenth Naval District in San Juan, Puerto Rico San Juan , Puerto Rico . The band was originally called Admiral Dan s Pandemonaics and this remained as a subname after they became the US Navy Steel Band. The band was stationed in Puerto Rico until 1973, when they moved to New Orleans, LA . From there, stationed at the Naval Support Activity Base in the Algiers, Louisiana Algiers section of New Orleans, they increased their performance schedule. Between 1973 and 1979 alone the band traveled over a million and a half miles, and performed as many as 500 concerts a year. They were disbanded in 1999. External links http www.military.com HomePage UnitPageHistory 1,13506,706764 7C704079,00.html History of the US Navy Steel Band Category Bands of the United States Navy United States Navy Steel Band USN stub US band stub ... more details
unreferenced date November 2011 Image Caisa drum top.jpg thumb Top view of a caisa Image Caisa drum side.jpg thumb Side view of a caisa The caisa is a musical instrument made of steel and wood. The steel section resembles the top of a steelpan and the wooden base section resembles a horn like stand. The steel and wood are held together with a stretchy rope material there is no direct contact between the steel and the wood. Sound is emitted from the gap between the steel and the wood and not from the horn at the base. The tone areas are hammered by hand and are usually in a pentatonic scale comprising ten to twelve notes. The central note is much deeper. The latest version of the caisa consists solely of metal. The instrument can be played either on the lap with the horn held between the legs or can be stood on its wooden base. The caisa is played with the hands in manner similar to that of the Hang musical instrument Hang , but it sounds more like a meditation pan. From the side, the instrument resembles a mushroom. The caisa is made in Germany by Bill Brown. Percussion Category Pitched percussion percussion instrument stub de Caisa ... more details
Jit Sukha Samaroo born 24 February 1950 is a composer and Steelpan musician. Life and Merits Jit Samaroo was born in Surrey, Trinidad , the seventh of 13 children in a family of east Indian origin. At age 10, he joined the short lived Village Boys pan round the neck side. His mother, who loved playing the Dholak , died in 1962, and so, young Jit, appointed the task of taking care of younger siblings, formed the Samaroo kids combo. They were initially Parang players Jit on guitar pan, Girlie on cowbell, Vidya on the drums, Baboolal on maracas, and brother Sonilal on scratcher but by 14, already a self confessed slave to steelpan , Jit joined the Lever Brothers Canboulay Steelband. There he learned and mastered all the orchestra s instruments. Recognising young Jit s talent, the musical director Lendeg White allowed him to help arrange the band s calypsos. He also arranged for Jit to have music lessons. In 1971, Jit won the Ping Pong solo category at the Steelband Music Festival. In that year too, Amoco Renegades tuner Bertrand Butch Kellman made the necessary connections for Jit to land the job of arranger with the Charlotte Street band. Then began a long and successful relationship, with Jit helping the band to victory in Panorama music competition Panorama on 9 occasions. In 1984 Amoco Renegades won by 17.5 points, the widest margin ever recorded in Panorama finals. In 1989 he silenced critics who said he could only arrange Lord Kitchener calypsonian Lord Kitchener calypsos, with an arrangement of Baron s Somebody , that combined as many as six rhythms in one Calypso music calypso arrangement. Also BP Renegades under his arrangement is the only Panorama band to have three successive wins in Panorama. He is hailed as the country s most clinically accurate arranger , arranging one tune by the device of composing additional tunes to accompany it. Citation needed date December ... Steelpan musicians Category Trinidad and Tobago musicians Category Living people de Jit Samaroo ... more details
Robert Greenidge 28 April 1950 in Success Village, Laventille , Trinidad is a steelpan player in the United States and a member of popular music singer Jimmy Buffett s Coral Reefer Band and the instrumental group Club Trini . Career Greenidge began performing as a pannist at age eight and performed internationally beginning in his teens. He represented Trinidad and Tobago as a soloist and a member of Trinidad and Tobago National Steel Orchestra in 1970 and in 1971 migrated to the United States where he studied and played music. Fact date November 2008 In the 1970s, he performed with numerous well established acts such as Maurice White , Earth Wind and Fire , Harry Nilsson , John Lennon , and Ringo Starr . He continued to work in his native country and As of 2007 alt has played the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival every year since 1979. He won the national steelband competition Panorama music competition Panorama twice with the Desperadoes Steel Orchestra in 1991 and 1994, both times with his own compositions. In 1982. He recorded with JJ Cale on Grasshopper J.J. Cale album Grasshopper . From 1978 83, he played and toured with blues singer Taj Mahal musician Taj Mahal . In 1983, Greenidge played on Jimmy Buffett s One Particular Harbour and has performed and recorded with the Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band As of 2007 alt ever since . In 1986, Greenidge released his own album, Mad Music , with fellow Coral Reefer Michael Utley . He has continued to record with Utley as Club Trini. Select discography seealso Jimmy Buffett discography Mad Music Robert Greenidge and Michael Utley 1986 MCA Jubliee Robert Greenidge and Michael Utley 1987 MCA 42045 Heat Robert Greenidge and Michael Utley 1988 MCA Margaritaville Cafe Late Night Menu Various Performers 1993 Margaritaville Caribbean ... NAME Greenidge, Robert ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Steelpan musician DATE OF BIRTH ... DEFAULTSORT Greenidge, Robert Category Steelpan musicians Category Trinidad and Tobago musicians ... more details
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