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“The Bradley
Years”
The
Bradley Years represent the definitive collection
of steelband music arrangements and performances
for a large steel orchestra. This collection
showcases seven classic arrangements from the
master arranger Clive Bradley. Bradley
is considered to be the best steelband music
arranger ever by many, including his peers.
In addition, the arrangements are performed
by one of the finest steelbands in the world,
New York’s Pantonic Steel Orchestra. Clive Bradley
had a very special relationship with Pantonic.
This orchestra clinched the title of panorama
champions five times in seven years - performing
Bradley’s musical works. The performances
were captured by Basement Recordings days before,
and in one instance, mere moments before they
took the stage for the prestigious annual steelband
music panorama competition.
The recordings capture, reproduce
and present an unrivalled clarity with sonic
realism, of a large steel orchestra fielding
between one hundred and one hundred twenty musicians
- unlike any other steelband music recordings
in its class.
This body of musical work is a sterling addition
for all fans, educators, players, historians
and fine music collectors.
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Pan in New York CD and DVD
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“CD Samples”
Pan
in New York 2009
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- Experience the
beauty of the steelpan instrument through
the two latest CD releases from Basement
Recordings. Three-minute samples from
the Pan In New York 2009 CDs - of both regular
and slow tempo performances - are being
featured. Content is being added,
so keep checking regularly.
Both “Pan In New York 2009,” and “Pan In
New York 2009 - The Cooldown Versions” are
a continuation of the Pan-4-Life series
from Basement Recordings.
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Simply one
of the greatest steelband recordings to
date!
A collector’s item...
[ PANTONIC + BASEMENT
+ BRADLEY ] x 4 =
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- Clive Bradley the Master
at Work -
Very Sweet Pan Music
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Web Posted -
Friday November 30, 2012
Trinidad &
Tobago Guardian
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Pandemonium, Sheikers panyards get $2.8m
upgrades
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I.
- MP for Port-of-Spain
North/St Ann’s West Patricia McIntosh shed tears
on Wednesday when she addressed guests at the
Pandemonium Steel Orchestra panyard, Norfolk
Street, Belmont. She was addressing an event
held to mark the completion of upgrades on the
panyards of the Gonzales Sheikers and the
Pandemonium Steel Orchestra by the Ministry of
Works and Infrastructure.
McIntosh
said she was first informed about the
threatening conditions of the land at the
Pandemonium property when she was approached by
Pandemonium member Mark Mohammed, who pleaded
with her to improve the facilities. She said she
recognised his desperation but was initially
uncertain how to assist.
....McIntosh began to cry as she thanked Phillip
for his co-operation, professionalism and
collaboration with her as well as the musicians
of Pandemonium and Sheikers throughout the
duration of the projects. She said she
recognised how busy Phillip must be, as he
directs the construction of roads as well as
rehabilitation projects taken on by PURE.
She added:
“Never once did he not take my calls.. Never
once did he not respond if I left a message. I
would like to thank him for his prompt responses
to our concerns.” She said the improvements to
the panyards brought dignity to the contribution
of the many talented musicians who continued to
promote T&T’s culture.
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Web Posted -
Thursday November 29, 2012
The Collegian
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Big Band and Steel Drums |
Washington, USA
- The Big
Band and Steel Drum Band Christmas concert will
take place at 7:30 p.m., Dec. 5, in the WWVA
[Walla Walla Valley Academy]
auditorium. This popular concert is being held
in the WWVA auditorium in order to accommodate a
large turnout, and both bands are able to fit on
the stage. WWU's Big Band is directed by Michael
Agidius, and the Steel Drum Band is directed by
Brandon Beck. Beck says of the music: "The Big
Band will be playing a number of tunes by Duke
Ellington and will feature Sara Mayne as their
vocalist.”
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Web Posted -
Wednesday November 28, 2012
Pandemoniumsteel.com
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Cutting the Ribbon:
New Panyard for Pan-Demonium Steel Orchestra
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Belmont, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I.
- Pan-Demonium Steel
Orchestra’s panyard at 3 Norfolk Street is being
upgraded, and on 28th November 2012,
the Ministry of Works and Infrastructure hosted
a ceremony to mark the completion of an
important phase of the project – construction of
a retaining wall along the eastern side of the
panyard, back-filling, levelling and paving of
the entire area. Minister Emmanuel George cut
the ribbon, assisted by pupils of Belmont Boys
RC School.
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Web Posted -
Wednesday November 21, 2012
Contra Costa
Times
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El Cerrito new home to Caribbean music
center
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California, USA -
While its setting and mild climate may not
resemble a Caribbean island in any way, the city
has become a center for steel drum music, a
style that originated in Trinidad and Tobago,
islands off the coast of Venezuela.
Steel drum
musician Harry Best, a fixture at local
weddings, parties and receptions with his band
Shabang, opened Panwest Caribbean Steelpan Music
Center on San Pablo Avenue in August.
The studio
provides a central location for the steel drum
lessons that Best, an El Sobrante resident, was
teaching in Walnut Creek and Richmond. Best also
teaches in San Rafael.
Steel
drums, which produce a sound associated with
calypso music, originated at the end of World
War II, but the whole tradition goes back to
African slaves, Best said.
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Web Posted -
Tuesday November 20, 2012
When Steel Talks
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NIU Steelband Does It Again
“... This was a trail-blazing genius who, from quite early, never accepted that the steelpan should rank as some inferior stepchild among musical instruments, who always set his sights on what lay beyond the horizon”
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DeKalb, Illinois
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NIU (Northern Illinois University) Steelband once again showed why it has one of the most successful steelband music programs in the world. Led by Liam Teague and Clifford Alexis, the DeKalb, Illinois-based university has been aggressively at the forefront of producing successful, higher education music experiences revolving around the steelpan instrument for decades. Come 2013, the NIU Steelband programme celebrates its fortieth year, since it was started by Professor Al O’Connor back in 1973.
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Web Posted -
Friday November 16, 2012
When Steel Talks
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Song for Panorama 2013
“My Band”
sung by Emmanuel “Oba”
Synette
composed by Amrit Samaroo
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Global
- With sweetness in his voice
Emmanuel “Oba” Synette (pictured) broke out in 1999 with
monster Pan anthem “In My House.” This piece
gave the incomparable Desperadoes Steel
Orchestra their 9th panorama title,
immediately followed by a 10th,
with “Picture on My Wall” (also sung by “Oba”)
in 2000.
....For
the 2013 Panorama season, Synette joins with
noted steelband arranger and composer Amrit
Samaroo, resulting in the track My Band.
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Web Posted -
Tuesday November 13, 2012
Trinidad Express
Newspapers
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Panmen happy for $1,000 stipend
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I.
- Pan players will receive
their $1,000 stipend for next year's Carnival,
Arts and Multiculturalism Minister Dr Lincoln
Douglas has said.
Douglas
made the statement yesterday as he presented the
instruments of appointment for the commissioners
of the board of the National Carnival Commission
(NCC).
The issue
of the stipend for pan players was an area of
contention between Pan Trinbago and former arts
and multiculturalism minister Winston "Gypsy"
Peters.
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Web Posted -
Monday November 12, 2012
East Ayrshire
Council
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Drumming up support for new music
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East Ayrshire, Scotland
- Twenty-six
steel pans were delivered recently to Cumnock
Academy – not for cooking, but for music.
Earlier
this year, Cumnock pupils made a 400-mile round
trip to the first ever Scottish Steel Pan
Festival in Nairn, Aberdeenshire. They spent the
day learning how to play the pans and met
renowned instrument maker and musician Toussaint
Clarke.
Toussaint,
who is based in Bath, said: “I’ve never met
pupils who had such a great sense of music in
them. They picked it up so quickly, but most
importantly they made the pans sing. I can’t
wait to see what they are going to do next”.
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Web Posted -
Monday November 12, 2012
Trinidad &
Tobago Guardian
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Female jewels glitter in All Stars cast
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I.
- Outstanding performances by
female members on the cast contributed, in large
measure, to the musical excellence delivered at
Classical Jewels X—The Legacy, staged by the
Neal and Massy Trinidad All Stars Steel
Orchestra at the National Academy for the
Performing Arts (NAPA) in Port-of-Spain on
Saturday night.
Dedicated
to the legacy of the 77-year-old orchestra’s
watchwords—discipline, dedication and
magnificence—the tenth edition programme’s
pieces were selected to pay tribute to its
former musical directors. In addition, the
occasion was used to recognise the rise of one
of its musicians, Deryck Nurse, from panist to
orchestra conductor.
It was
midway on the playbill’s first half when
adoration and appreciation for the cast’s fairer
sex was generated.
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Web Posted
When Steel Talks -
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Champion Panorama Tunes
of Trinidad and Tobago
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Global
- A critical component
to winning any panorama competition is the song
the orchestras choose to use as the basis of their
panorama arrangements. Over the years these songs
have inspired classic panorama arrangements. When
Steel Talks invites you to take a look at and listen
to, these famed tunes which have played more than
just a cursory part in the history of Pan, and the
lives of the players and fans.
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