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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Come Sunday June 09, three (3) of the original St. James steelbands, Scrunters Pan Groove,
Rolling Stone by Elias Leight
“Zeze” is funny — I feel like conventional music industry wisdom would tell you not to put a record full of steel drums out in October. Yeah. I don’t remember who I was talking to about that, but I think that all that ty
Read more…There was something transformational about Ken "Professor" Philmore and his art. We all know folks with way less gifts than Pro who are almost unapproachable in their dealings with others. Ken embraced being a salt fish and his music conveyed that: a
My first experience with Ken “Professor” Philmore was in 2003 which was my first official year joining Pan Sonatas stateside. I remember everyone announcing “the return of Pro” and I was very curious to find out what this person was about. When pa
Read more…When I first met Ken "Professor" Philmore, I was a little girl attending an event at City Hall in Port of Spain, where I was scheduled to perform. Professor was also scheduled to perform that evening. I remember standing backstage during his perfor
Read more…Newsday - Yvonne Webb
PAN ROYALTY: Ken ‘Professor’ Philmore died at the San Fernando General Hospital yesterday, six days after he was in a horrible accident on the Solomon Hochoy Highway.
A HIT-and-run accident is what claimed the life of Ken “Prof
Read more…I have known of Professor Philmore all my life but I had only interacted with him a few years ago when we held a benefit concert for our arranger Mr. Lennox 'Sam' Fortune. They are both gone now and coincidentally, they both came out of Hatters Stee
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Imagine if he had the support. Imagine him as a arrow-head of a ambassadorial thrust for Kaiso-Jazz, Pan, and Brand T&T Music. Imagine us taking ourselves seriously. As serious as Tax…
Trinidad & Tobago - Gone too soon... That joyful, spritely whisp
Read more…Condolences go out to the family of Ken “Professor” Philmore; what a great soul he was. His professional approach to the instrument and his musicianship was so great, it will be very hard for someone to fill that place he had in the Pan-world. He ha
Read more…Trinidad & Tobago - Condolences to Sophie, the Philmore family, the extended family which includes the global pan community for the loss of one of the most down to earth human beings one could ever meet.
Ken “Professor” PhilmoreWords cannot express
Read more…Trinidad & Tobago - My pan learning started late. Mainly because of my classically trained background with violin. When I was old enough to drown myself in pan I learned about arrangers like Pro in books and classes. The first time I actually met hi
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New York, U.S.A. - Only “Pro” could have accomplished this with nothing but “love” in the house.
It was supposed to be and was, a celebration of the life of one of the biggest names in pan - Ken “Professor” Philmore. But in reality it was simply a r
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Ken “Professor” Philmore - in cap - with Sonatas Steel Orchestra - 1982
..“We met this young guy Ken Philmore, and he told us we have to come to his home and ask his parents which we did. I had to promise them that we would take good care of him; I t
Read more…"This hurts. I knew Pro was loved by many, but today I realise he was loved by all. When we get caught up in our emotions, we may feel that his passing was too soon, unfair, a real shame. But there is no doubt in my mind that the first Professor of
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Ken "Professor" Philmore, Clive Bradley and Pelham Goddard at When Steel Talks studiosIn the Year For Love, the man of love said “Goodbye” |
Florida, U.S.A. - “In less than a year, I have lost two of my musical idols: Melton Mustafa and now Ken “Professor” Philmore, both of whom I loved and adored dearly, who took time to school me |
I can still remember walking into Fonclaire Steel Orchestra that night, a few days before Panorama finals of 2011. I was asked by Dr Jeannine Remy to play a timpani at the end of their arrangement of "A raging storm" in which Ken did. I didn't reali
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