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  Glenroy R Joseph June 16, 2015 at 10:12am

  My friend Dalton was so impressed by this album , that he sent me a copy (Thank You , Dalton) ,and I found it very impressive.

  A sweet, soothing , delightful calypso jazz album , performed by highly skilled professional musicians.

  My first thought on hearing it was how smoothly these older calypsos adapted to a free form jazz format.

  It also occurred to me that these Caribbean flavored jazz pieces belonged to a familiar category of music ,that can be called "Caribbean" or more specifically "Calypso jazz" , a genre that has been around for decades and performed by Trinidad's jazz musicians  such as Rupert Clemendore and Felix Roach , and including such contemporary panists like Rudy "Two Leff" Smith and Othello Molineaux .

  In other words , the pan is such a natural fit in this format , that one can easily forget that the lead instrument is a hand made steelpan.

  It is unfortunate that today , the entire jazz genre does not have the cachet , the appreciation of the youth as it did in years gone by.

  This would limit the appeal and exposure of this beautiful album , except among connoisseurs of fine jazz, who unfortunately are today older , and in the minority. 

  Which is to bad , because this album is an outstanding piece of work , featuring some extremely sophisticated and beautiful panmanship by Gavin Blake.