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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Even though the steel orchestras did not get a chance to play before 1:00 AM, more than three hours after the advertised 10:00 PM start - due to an earlier-held event not vacating the venue until well after midnight - that there was still a [musical] accord within the USSA (United States Steelband Association) was apparent from the moment ADLIB Steel Orchestra opened up their set.
Mikey Enoch was one of the few remaining of a unique breed of panmen - from a different era. He was a Tuner, Arranger and Player, and also one of the most influential tuners on the New York pan scene. Mikey shared his many priceless recollections and knowledge and interacted with, participants at a Basement Recordings-held workshop a few years ago. This is not an interview, but an audio recording of that session.
Email your opinions/ feedback to WHEN STEEL TALKS, and have them posted and shared with the Pan world at large... Click to view the first view entry.
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When Steel Talks chats with a unique and petite powerhouse of a woman who remains behind the scenes and prefers to keep it that way. But Glenda Ford-Gamory leads what is arguably the best steelband on the North American continent- Pantonic Steel Orchestra; and is now living her dream of many years. She always wanted to be the first woman to lead a Steel Orchestra to the Panorama and win - and she did this in 2001 and 2002 in New York with winning arrangements from Clive Bradley. Along with her experience as Pantonic's leader and what it takes to bring out a steel orchestra usually more than one-hundred [players] strong Glenda talks about her younger days in Trinidad, hanging out with the pan players in what was a male dominated pan scene, and her relationship with the man known as the 'Hammer' - Rudolph Charles - and the impact he had on her life.
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When Steel Talks
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Garvin Blake Quartet
blazed new musical trails at the newly-opened Brooklyn - located Sugarcane
Restaurant with blistering Pan Jazz performances
on Sunday December 15. The Pan Jazz quartet featured: Garvin
Blake on steel drums,
Frankie McIntosh
on keyboards,
Damon Duewhite
on drums, and Calvin
Jones
on bass. Sugarcane is located at:
238 Flatbush Avenue, (at Bergen Street in Park
Slope) Brooklyn, New York. Sets were are at 1:30 PM and 3:00 PM. Pan
Jazz will be regularly featured at the Sugarcane.
For info on future sessions, and reservations
call:
The year was 1949, and the music scene in America would never be the same. That is the year that Rudy King, aka 'Rock' and 'Rudolph Carter' - (to those who knew him as a young boy/man in his native Trinidad) came to America, bringing with him the knowledge of manufacturing and playing the instrument now known worldwide as the Steelpan.
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Meet the When Steel Talks Steelpan Award Winners for the year 2002 - in the categories of Band of the Year; Arranger of the Year Tuner of the Year; Steelpan Person of the Year; Innovator of the Year; Rookie of the Year; Non-traditional Pan Performance of the year; Pan-photographer of the Year and Writer of the Year. These awardees have all played pivotal roles in propelling pan onto the Global Stage. Congratulations to all the winners!
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Ask for Anthony Joseph in the New York steelband world and one stands the chance of being greeted with a blank stare. Now try to find 'Big Tony' and the 'lights' will go on. Tony is the mainstay, leader, president, etc. of the most historical band on the New York pan scene, the Metro Steel Orchestra...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Noteworthy people in the pan world!! WHEN STEEL TALKS presents them in an intimate setting - one-on-one sessions with people like - Mikey Enoch, Glenda Forde-Gamory, Robert Greenidge - and more! Those who impact the pan world and make it a force to be reckoned with on the world music scene! HOT INTERVIEWS!
more...
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The most significant news on pan. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HIGH END VIDEO PERFORMANCES OF NEW YORK STEEL BANDS... "HIGH
END" means that the absolute minimum
requirements for this experience are - a
Pentium 2 class computer or its equivalent, 128 MB of RAM, and DSL or Cable
internet access. Site should be viewed in Explorer - version 5
and above! Please note that earlier versions of this browser
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friendly.
Get the news on the latest happenings the New York pan world...
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PAN REBELS' LONG-AWAITED CD IS FINALLY HERE!! The CD entitled "PAN REBELS LIVE!" features the best work of this ground breaking New York-based Steel Orchestra. Favorites such as 'Freedom', 'Fire Coming Down', and 'Mind Yuh Business' are included in the seven - selection compilation.
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ROBERT GREENIDGE- In an actual interview, meet this multitalented pan player. From his beginnings as a youth in Trinidad, to his influential musical mentors, his thoughts on today's pan scene; his interactive experiences along this journey as an arranger and a soloist - that keep him on the world's entertainment circuit... ROBERT - His story... His words... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Enter New York's Steel Pan City! Visit and stay a while! Bring your friends on the tour and be hosted by the likes of Marsicans, Pan Rebels, Pantonic, ADLIB, Dem Stars, D'Radoes and Moods - some of New York's top steel orchestras - as they entertain you direct from the musical mecca of the world - New York City!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There was no talk of "sponsors", "panorama", "carnival",
"notes", "iron", "steel" or even music.
Key words
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