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Windrush is a four-part series of one-hour television documentaries originally broadcast on BBC2 in 1998[1] to mark the 50th anniversary of the arrival in Britain of the MV Empire Windrush, the ship that brought the first significant wave of post-war West Indian immigrants. The series was produced and directed by David Upshal. Its Executive Producer was Trevor Phillips. It won the 1999 Royal Television Society Award for Best Documentary Series.[2] Contributors include Lenny Henry, Jazzy B, Doreen Lawrence, Valerie Amos, Rosalind Howells, Diane Abbott, Paul Boateng, Ben Bousquet, Carroll Thompson, Charlie Williams, Cy Grant, Professor Stuart Hall, Ken Livingstone, Darcus Howe, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Columbus Deniston, Ulric Cross, Chris Blackwell, Mike Phillips.

Dr JIT Samaroo
The Honorary Doctorate bestowed on Dr Samaroo was truly deserved
He is the most gifted and the humblest of persons I have ever met and known in my entire life.
He has left us a legacy and record that will not be easily broken/achieved in a long, long time.
He has left the Renegades Steel Orchestra with many fond memories and achievements that will never be forgotten by generations.
As a true Trini son of the soil; he excelled in the musical field, and let it be remembered that Renegades achieved nine (9) Panorama victories under one arranger inclusive of a hat trick that will be in the archives for generation and generations.
I remember a panorama win that eluded him was the melodic and harmonious, Bees Melody in 1992.
BP renegades salutes Dr. Samaroo and maintains that we we will never, ever forget you. Finally, I am positive that you will now be arranging and playing for our Lord and Creator
May you rest in eternal peace. Goodbye; Adios Dr Samaroo
From a senior Member of BP renegades
Roger Reis

"Steelpan Recollections" a new book I have written detailing events surrounding the national instrument while I was growing up in St James.

It was Carnival Monday

I wasn't Jumping up in de Band

I was playing Spectator

Hugging up "may" partner Worman

When this old girlfriend Spot me

And - Darling "before meh head could ah tun"

She "start" bathing in powder

And drag me in de band -

Singing (CHORUS)

C1

Doh tell me you can't remember

When all ah we used to run

Doh tell me you can't remember

Darling - Dem days was real - "real" fun

Doh tell me you can't remember

Liming - Down by Johnson corner --

Doh tell me you can't remember

"When all ah we "was" one" A.... A

V2-

Well is now ah  begging for mercy 

Causing ah dressing in "may" Dan Dan

Please somebody help me 

Playing ah do know the Gal from Adam

She - say look ah know yuh, Father

Mother, Brother -Yuh whole Family

Doh tell me yuh can't remember playing

Dolley House with me  A A.. CHORUS

V3

Suddenly... Everybody scatter

Still ah can't find any place to run

Now the Pan sounding sweeter

So ah decide to join in the fun

Everybody Happy -

Familiar face Everywhere "ah tun" Now

Me and de flay woman sharing

Ah, bottle ah Old Oak rum ..Singing. CHORUS

C2

Do Tell Me You Car Remember

Ah Could Just Like Yesterday

Do Tell Me You Car Remember

Playing "May Penny Whe - Whe"  A ... A

Doh Tell Yuh car remember...

Dem days I will always treasure 

Doh tell me yuh car remember

When All ah we was one.

------

C3

Doh tell me yuh car remember

Stoning mango tree just for fun

Doh tell me yuh car remember

Scraping Mamma pot for Bun Bun,

Doh tell me yuh car remember 

Dem days ah will always treasure

Doh tell me yuh car remember 

When "all ah we was one" A A

(c) Henry O Miller 2000

To  the administration of WST and Pan Lovers the world over, please feel free to access my page and engage in any questions, clarifications,conversations etc, etc.

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Island Jazz Chat is a Jazz in the Islands podcast featuring conversations with Caribbean jazz and panjazz musicians based in the islands and the diaspora. For more, click here.

Panman, steelpan virtuoso, steeldrum musician. Just don't call Annise 'Halfers' Hadeed a "pannist". He is more than that! This important musician and recording artist from Trinidad and Tobago, now resident in the U.K., has been blazing a trail in the jazz scene there, as well as contributing significantly to the Caribbean presence there as an award winning steelband arranger. He made his recording debut in the 1980s with The Breakfast Band, and recorded, toured and performed widely in the U.K. & Europe, the US, and the Caribbean, as part of a new wave of Caribbean jazz talent, reinforcing the work of pioneer kaisojazz musicians like Clive Zanda and Russell Henderson, and moving the music forward with important collaborations that put the steelpan at the forefront of a new jazz aesthetic. Wed, 10 Aug 2022.

• Programme Date:10 August 2022
• Programme Length: 01:32:28

If you can't see the embedded podcast player, click here for the podcast.

ON 4 OCCASIONS STEEL ORCHESTRA/ARRANGER HAS SCORED 97% OR HIGHER AT A PANORAMA FINAL.

(a) List the respective orchestras/arrangers

(b) List the years

(c) List the tunes

(d) List each placement, i.e 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc.

(e) List the respective points scored

CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY, FRIENDS, FANS AND RENEGADES STEEL ORCHESTRA ON THE PASSING OF DR. JIT SAMAROO, ON BEHALF OF DESPERADOES STEEL ORCHESTRA.

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I have seen Keron's team.

In my opinion too much accent on Biographies and academia of the candidates.

Not impressed at all. Pan must not go down that path, we need a combination of academia and representatives

from the school of hard knocks who not only know pan in its infancy but will recruit the best support staff to 

move the movement. Keron, this is not the Mayors office.

Orvis Noel Ex-Pat 

St Augustine

V1,

Tell Me Again & Again

Please Help Me Understand,

The Evaluation

Of The Steel Pan

Those Stories Told

Of Days Of Old

Really Fascinate Me

So Ah To Ask "May" Granny

Who Sat Me Down & Explained Me

    -CHORUS-

(pick-up) Son, It Was        

IT Was Pan Better Pan-

Man Better Man -

Band Better Band

(Sub Chorus)

Lord Help You

If You Touch We Flag Woman 

And When You See

We Coming Down Marine Square

With We Bomb Ringing In the Air--

Son.! You Had to Be There to Understand

Those Golden Years of Pan

----Music Interlude---

V2.

Tell Me Again & Again

About the Years of Stigma

Long Before Pan Get Culture

And What About the BadJohn Era?

----

She Explained to Me

De. Pan Geography

And the Confrontations 

Between All

The Rival Steel Bands 

And the ( Serious) Repercussions

---

Pan Am -North Stars

West Side Symphony

CrossFire & Tripoli,

Invaders - Starlift & Sun Valley

Those Were Some of the Bands

That Preserved Pan - For You &  Me  

----

And the Bards of the Land

Those Lords & Mighty Calypsions

For Demarch Gras will Have Ah New Tune

(Sub Chorus)

Any By Jouvert Morning

That's What We Were Beating 

And When You See

We Heading For The Grand Stand

Man Woman & Child

Pushing Pan For the Band

Son-You Had to Be There To Understand 

Those Golden Years of Pan

ENDING!

Pan Gone But Panman Stay

That is what they tell me

But they can't fool me

Because we know the History

ERIC used to say 

"Come one day

You will see Made in Japan

Or even Taiwan

Stamp on a Steel Pan"

But don't matter how far you roam

The sound of a Pan

Will  Always bring me home

So share the History -

Son Help

The World to Over-Stand 

The Golden Years of Pan

- CHORUS

(c)Henry O. Miller

Dedicated to BigBoy - Harper  of Tripoli

The Band From Saint James. 

We note the passing of Lionel “Tanker” George on June 17, 2017. He was originally a member of the Casablanca Steel Orchestra and a part of that exodus led by Philmore “Boots” Davidson which established City Syncopators. He was an acknowledged skilled player of the guitar pan before he moved to the five bass with equally acclaimed accomplishment.

He is seated on the right and next to him is Carlton “Zigilee” Barrow Constantine of Bar 20 (centre) and Oscar “Bogart” Pile of Casablanca (1922-2008).

https://www.facebook.com/SteelPansPoland/videos/941169692630181/?theater

Ambers Steel Band, Poland's first and as yet, only Steel Band in Poland played on the recent Star Wars Premiere, and arrangement of 'Duel of the Fates, Imperial March and the Force theme'. It all happened so fast but took some time to get done. Hope you can spare a minute to like and share on! These kids deserve it!

At Panorama 1965, Steve Achaiva was a panist with Cavaliers and

in 1975, he arranged for Hatters.

At Panorama 1969, Herschel Puckerin, Len Sharpe and Pelham Goddard were all panists with Starlift.

In 1978, Herschel arranged for Starlift, in 1987, Len arranged for Phase II and Pelham arranged for Exodus in 1992.

In 1973, Leon Edwards was a panist with All Stars and in 1980 arranged for them.

In 1966 and 1970 Robert Greenidge was a panist with Desperadoes and in 1991 he arranged for them.

Duvone Stewart played on many of Renegades' panorama wins in the 1990's and in 2018, he arranged for them.

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EPISODE NOTES:

Pioneering steelpan jazz musician, Rudy "Two Left" Smith chats with Jazz in the Islands editor, Nigel A. Campbell, about his career. His beginnings in Trinidad, his sojourn into Europe to perform and ultimately record are discussed. Landmark albums like his Otinku with the Modern Sound Quintet are put into context as a steelpan jazz first. Now resident in Denmark, Smith's career spans more than 50 years playing and recording music on the steelpan, being among the few still alive who made recordings on the Cook Records label here in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. A bebop musician who uses the steelpan as his instrumental voice in the jazz conversation on the band stand, Smith continues making albums that still garner rave reviews from jazz critics and stand as benchmarks for a new generation to strive towards. A major influence on a number of new steelpan jazz musicians, Smith is modest in his recognition of the deserved accolades. Mon, 19 Feb 2018

Listen below, and subscribe for future episodes of the podcast. Audio courtesy iRADIO.tt

• Programme Date: 1 November 2018
• Programme Length: 00:24:38

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Greetings my PAN JAZZ COMMUNITY, I would like to share with you the key takeaways from this lesson. The lesson covers essential techniques for practicing the C Major scale and developing your skills in feeling triplet rhythms and eighth/sixteenth notes etc. Here are the key takeaways from the lesson:

1. You will learn how to practice the C Major scale from the Tonic-7th and 7th-Tonic. Practicing scales in this way helps to reinforce your understanding of the notes and improve your technique when playing melodies and improvising.

2. You will also learn how to feel triplet rhythms and eighth/sixteenth notes. This skill is critical when playing music with complex rhythmic patterns, and it can help you play with greater accuracy and precision.

3. Finally, you will learn how to apply the C Major scale to triplets and eighth/sixteenth notes. This will allow you to incorporate these rhythms into your playing and develop your improvisational skills.

Visit the Pan Jazz Community Facebook page for the audio file to use as a metronome guide to help you master these techniques and improve your playing.

Thank you for your attention, and happy practicing!

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It is a shame that a big band like Skiffle Bunch cannot produce some young Trinidad Arrangers from their sponsored band. You have over a hundred players every year and the question is. Why can't you train some of them in music and arrangements? By importing Foreign Born Arrangers just to win a Panorama shows bad management and a lack of shame and a slap in our country's education abilities. There is no excuse for your Band's decision. Stalin, Merchant and Relator knew this from their past songs. Pan in Danger and we are importing our own culture. Imagine some of these Band Managers do not have the common sense to see that pretty soon we will be importing our own culture and it was started by these South Bands. Bands are using FOREIGN Tuners to make their pans and arrange in contrast to the fact that most of the drums comes from the South. Pan Trinbago and some other band officials fail to incorporate our Steel Pan technology by using our best Tuners to teach young and upcoming tuners. All they do is to wait until they are dead to give them a lot of stupid Speech. Check it out, we are running short of all the best TUNERS that was born in the WAR ERA. Right now you have TOP PAN TUNERS Without a WEBSITE AND FACEBOOK PAGE to sell their products.  Besides Gill's Pan Shop and two large shops. The TOP NAMED TUNERS DO NOT HAVE A SITE AND THEY ARE NOT EMPLOYED AND PAID TO TEACH THE ART BY ALL THE GOVERNING BODIES IN T&T.

They are getting paid to teach people out of the country and the so-called smart Trinidadians does not realize that they are not taking care of their own but walk about we are the smartest and the best. WAKE UP STEEL BANDS AND PAN TRINBAGO

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