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  • Andre-Roger Dellevi October 22, 2011 at 3:44pm

    It's going to be wicked!!!

     

  • Khari Codrington October 20, 2011 at 10:43am

    The qualifying round was 16th Oct. The top 6 of the 13 bands that took part will move on to the Championship round on the 28th Oct. You can view the results at this link. http://www.guardian.co.tt/entertainment/2011/10/20/desperadoes-fail.... An International group from New York was being invited to perform in the Championship round but because of the Curfew/State of Emergency here in Trinidad it prohibited this. In the qualifying round the bands were required to perform one calypso in a jazz idiom but for the Championship round they are required to perform two calypsos in the jazz idiom.

    The Championship round will take place in Queen's Hall, St.Anns from 5pm-8pm.

    • Pan'tum - The Ghost Who Talks > Khari Codrington October 21, 2011 at 12:49am

      Still does not make it international. A guy cannot claim to be an international player, if only local girls dated him, now can he? Much less, he only asked one girl from New York to the dance! Regardless of the excuse, an international competition should have representatives from various countries. Like the World Cup. Or The Miss Universe Pageant. But you have a country that bills an event as "international" with only local acts, and an organization, Pan Trinbago, that is the self-assumed "world governing body for pan", but governs no one outside of the country. The Curfue/SOE is a convenient excuse, but the evidence shows that "international" and "world" are words that are loosely used in these cases. That's just my opinion. Peace, and give my warmest regards to Cary for me; he was like my big brother in Trinity (College).

       

      BTW - Same argument I have with baseball's "World Series". World? Maybe, North-American.

       

      Pan'tum - The Ghost Who Talks...Honoring the legacy of George "Sonny" Goddard.

  • Pan'tum - The Ghost Who Talks October 20, 2011 at 9:59am

    Yes. INFO JUST IN: There are NO "international" entries!!! This should be accurately called the INTRANATIONAL PAN RAMAJAY COMPETITION. Nothing "international" about it, and, contrary to popular local belief, much of what we call "jazz", is not the art form created by African Americans. Jazz is a language, and like English, jumbled up "words" make NO (musical) sense. Jazz has a format; ramajaying is the random placement of notes, with no focal point or direction. Want to hear what jazz sounds like on pan? Listen to Othello Mollineaux's works.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az4K8YbRf_E&feature=related

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTT1F3wMacA

    That's why Tello is a "whos Who" in the jazz world, and respected by his peers globally. Time for us to properly define "jazz", if our artistes are to be given the kind of credibility that is bestowed upon Othello, Narell, and others. Young panists like Freddie Harris, Leon "Foster" Thomas, and Iman Pascall, are on the right path, thanks, in major part to the music program at Florida Memorial University, where the jazz program is headed by jazz legend, Melton Mustafa. With Dr. Dawn Batson-Borel's leadership, FMU panists are receiving the knowledge they would need to be considered "jazzists". If any of you are in the Miami area this weekend, please support Melton's fight for life, by attending the benefit concert in honor of his being inducted into the SOUTH FLORIDA JAZZ HALL OF FAME (SFJHOF).

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    • bigmacttwi > Pan'tum - The Ghost Who Talks November 9, 2011 at 8:10am

      "Jazz has a format; ramajaying is the random placement of notes, with no focal point or direction."...care to expand on that point Pantum?

      • Glenroy R Joseph > bigmacttwi November 9, 2011 at 11:52am

        I'm also curious about the explanation Bigmac.Because there is so much stuff called "jazz" today, there doesn't seem to be any format.

        Though it was started as an African American musical expression, the term "jazz' seems to encompass so many difference styles, including ethnic and indigenous music(like Indian and African), that I can't see why Pan Ramajay shouldn't be included under the umbrella of "jazz".

        But then again I'm no expert, and I certainly wasn't schooled in music.

         

        • Pan Times > Glenroy R Joseph November 9, 2011 at 1:32pm

          Genroy do you think Kitchener or Roaring Lion would have labeled Montano's 2011 hit "Advantage" as a calypso?

          • Glenroy R Joseph > Pan Times November 9, 2011 at 5:13pm

            That's a good question.

            I don't think so. The old timers like Pretender, Lion and Kitchener were clearly disdainfull of modern soca with its emphasis on tempo and rhythm at the expense of lyrics.

            I saw an interview where Kitch said that he wasn't that thrilled with the trend towards soca, but if that's what the public wanted he was willing to do it.

            However, even when Kitch and Sparrow sang their versions of soca, it was still calypso.

            Early soca songs by the likes of Shorty, and Maestro were calypsos with  an added East. Indian  spice..

            Modern soca, however is more influenced by  Jamaican Dance Hall and American Hip Hop.

            I've always felt that because of location, traditional Trinidad calypso music was strongly influenced by Latin sounds from South America, whereas Jamaican music was more American.

             

    • Barry Mannette > Pan'tum - The Ghost Who Talks November 8, 2011 at 11:10pm

      I can't help but agree with you here, many people do not really know what this thing called "Jazz" is all about. Since I have been here at NIU, I have been exposed to so much that I really wonder what "jazz" musicians are really doing in Trinidad.

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