The late Clive Bradley with Len Church
May 9th
When Steel Talks extends Birthday Greetings to Musician Len Church
“From those rather musically promiscuous beginnings I developed a love for everything musical: calypso, pop, Latin, Jazz, East Indian music, African music and of course Steelpan. I still remember Katzenjammers and the excitement around TASPO (Trinidad All-Steel Percussion Orchestra) visiting England. I spent most of my time sitting under that Redifusion box listening to Radio Trinidad, soaking in everything including the classics which they played a lot of. I still hum the orchestration for some of those symphonies and concertos today.”
Len Church is a respected member of that extraordinarily talented group of musicians that ushered in the period commonly referred to as ‘the Golden Era of Caribbean Music.’ He performed and/or recorded with the likes of Winifred Atwell, Ed Watson, Clive Bradley, Felix Roach, Mavis John and many, many more greats from that era.
In this exclusive interview with When Steel Talks - musician, writer, composer and arranger Len Church shares his thoughts on the steelpan instrument and music of the Caribbean, then and now.
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