Earlier this week we posted a slow version of New York's Pan Rebels playing "In My House" as arranged by Len 'Boogsie' Sharpe in 1999. Additionally, this was a very special year as it heralded the return of Clive Bradley to the New York panorama arranging scene after a six-year absence. It also marked the beginning of a very young steel orchestra by the name of Pantonic, which, in 1999 with Bradley as its arranger, began its rise to become a world-class juggernaut - beginning with a championship that very year. The orchestra would create some very special musical performances over the next few years with Clive Bradley at the arranging helm. Indeed, there are some who say these were some of the master's most memorable masterpieces.
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Pantonic beat Pan Rebels by 29 points that night. I was at this panorama. Bradley and Pantonic won easily based on the bands panorama performance. However, after listinening to these two great recordings and awesome performances I now truly have a greater appreciation of what both arrangers and bands (Pantonic and Pan Rebels) brought to the table that night. For some reason Boogsie never got his due in New York.
There were a few years when I think it was clear Boogsie had won the New York panorama but was not awarded the title. There was one year when he arranged High Mas for a group called Silhouettes, to this day I still wonder what the judges were listening to.
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