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Ralph MacDonald - WST Exclusive Interview - The Pan Arranger

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Interview, WST, MacDonald, Ralph

In this part of an exclusive interview with When Steel Talks, Ralph MacDonald speaks on pan and the steelband arranger. As one of Harlem's famous sons, three-time Grammy Award winner Ralph MacDonald is of Trinidadian parentage and grew up in the 'Black Capital of the USA.' Born March 15, 1944, MacDonald has lived both the New York and Caribbean-influenced lifestyles, juxtaposed as they were during his youth in Harlem. His African heritage was never too far away, with his paternal grandfather hailing from Nigeria. MacDonald was in step with his father as soon as he could walk, and admired by audiences who were charmed upon seeing and hearing him play drums with his father's twelve-piece orchestra. In fact, dad Patrick MacDonald was himself a calypsonian who opted for the sobriquet The Great Macbeth, and so popular, he had two orchestras for 'gigging' on the same nights.

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