MUSIC INSTRUMENTS MUSICIANS ROOTS IN THE WIND

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Acoustic illustrations

 

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"Mary-o" (Bèlè/ Piké) (Caribbean sampler, track 24)
20 Mai 1962, Mayaro. Three tambourine players and eleven singers.

 

 
 

"God made us all" (Calypso after midnight, track 22). Composed by Lord Pretender, this calypso is interpreted here by Lord Invader in New-York, in 1946.

 

 
 

Tamboo-bamboo "Caporal Ojoe" (Caribbean sampler, track 27) 8 May 1962, eleven musicians. Song and bamboo Polyrhythm (bamboo of three different sizes, percussed and burrowed.

 
 

"Mwen boyko samba" (Caribbean sampler, track 8) 27 June 1962, the Rise and Shine Steelband. If this extract comes not from Trinidad but from Dominica, it is nevertheless a good example of the very rhythmic character of the first steelbands.

 

 
 

"Soki soki" (Pamberi Steelband, Carnival Madness, track 9) 1991, Pamberi steelband. Calypso composed by Robin Imamshah, arranged by E. Ector.

 

 
 

"Birthday Party" (The Sweet Groove of Phase II Steelband, , track 1)

 

 
 

"West Indian Federation" (Roosevelt in Trinidad, track)
Composed by Atilla the Hun, New-York, 1937.

 
 

"Rum and Coca-cola" (Calypso at Midnight, track 9). Composed by Lord Invader in 1943, this calypso is interpreted by the writer in New-York, in 1946.

 

 
 

"Pan in A Minor" (Lord Kitchener, Klassic Kitchener Volume 3, , track 2). Interpreted by Lord Kitchener, arrangements by Jit Samaroo.

 

 
 

"Yankees Gone" ou "Jean and Dinah" (Calypso Awakening, track 9) 1956. Calypso composed and interpreted by Mighty Sparrow, recorded during the «Calypso King » competition, which he wins for the first time.

 

 
 

"Pan in A Minor" (Pantastic World of Steel-Music Vol. 2 Calypsoes & Socas, track 2) 1988, Renegades. Composed by Lord Kitchener and arranged by Jit Samaroo, this piece originally composed for Panorama 1987 is presented here at the Festival, for which Renegades wins second place, with 50 musicians.

 
 

"Dis Feeling Nice" (The Sweet Groove of Phase II Steelband, track 2) 1987, Phase II. Composed and arranged by Len Boogsie Sharp, this piece won Panorama 1987.

 

 
 

"Heat in the Place" (Caribbean Party Rhythms Six, track 6)
2001, 3 Canal. Soca.

 

 
 

"Santa Say" (Parang Soca Christmas, track 8)
1996, Bindley Benjamin. Soca Parang.

 

 
 

"Nadia Kay Par" (Rikki Jai, Millenium, plage 2)
2000. Chutney soca.

 

 
 

"Mission Impossible" (Pamberi Steelband, Contemporary Moods, track 1) 1999, Pamberi. The generic for the series ‘Mission Impossible’, (composed by Schifrin & L. Mullen) is arranged here by Len Boogsie Sharp.

 
 

"Marche Slave ; opus 31 " (Pantastic World of Steel-Music Vol. 1, track 1). Interpreted by the Witco Desperadoes.

 

 
 

"Soca Rakaï" (Pan à Paname, Soca Rakaï, track 1) 2000. A piece composed by Guillaume Kervel, and interpreted by Pan à Paname (steelband from Paris) made up here of 21 musicians.

 
 

"From me to You" (The Sweet Groove of Phase II Steelband, track 6)
1996. Pan tenor solo by Len "Boogsie" Sharpe.

 

 
 

"Havona" (Othello Molineaux, It's About Time, plage 6)
1993. Solo by Othello Molineaux (composition by Jaco Pastorius).

 
 

"Rhythm in the Groove" (Vat 19 Fonclaire Steel Orchestra, Pan Jazz 'n' Calypso, track 3)
1991. Composition et interpretation by Ken Philmore.

 

 
 
"Karawak Dream" (Sakésho, track 7)
2002. Solo by Andy Narrel, composition by Michel Alibo, bass player from Martinique.
 
 
   

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