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Ah Goin’ an Party Tonight - Kendall Williams - NYU Steel - CrossFire Steel Orchestra

Posted by Pan Times on November 11, 2014 at 8:28am

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Ah Goin’ an Party Tonight was composed by the late Clive Bradley in 1982, . This calypso tune was made popular by him and calypsonian Lord Nelson from Trinidad and Tobago. Kendall adapted it for the steel band in an interpretation of classical form. This performance was at the Composers OutFront! concert at the Frederick Loewe Theatre in New York. Kendall Williams is the American Composers Orchestra’s Van Lier Emerging Composer Fellow for 2013-2014 read more http://ow.ly/EaSpG

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Roderick M. Aqui November 14, 2014 at 3:11pm

Excellent!
Mercer Ramdoo November 14, 2014 at 12:57pm

Absolutely amazing rendition of "party". Haven't heard anything like it since the sixties. Well tuned instruments.

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