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Clyde 'Lightning' George is the pan king of straight ahead jazz. He grew up in the same place, Laventille, and same time as the steelpan. His high caliber of musicianship, his vast repertoire and his natural rhythm solidify his passion...
London born Vine has been playing pan since 1985. He started his career
with conventional steel bands such as Ebony steel band, Metronomes and
Glissandos in the UK , and Phase 2 Pan groove in Trinidad. In 1991 he decided
to cross over as a...
San Francisco Bay Area Musician Derek Smith has been entertaining audiences
for more than 10 years through his innovative music that combines the melodic
brightness of the Caribbean steel drum with the driving rhythms of Latin...
Having performed for audiences worldwide, Leon Foster Thomas is a unique
force in modern jazz. The New York Amsterdam News has described his
playing as “riveting, his artistry as unrivaled and his stage personality as
dominant.”...
Phil Hawkins is a master percussionist, an accomplished jazz
drummer and one of the leading innovators of music for the steelpan. As a percussionist and drummer he has traveled throughout the United States, the Caribbean and South America...
Callaloo is the best world fusion steel pan combo performing original compositions in Chicago. Scott Johnson, the band’s co-founder and composer/arranger, began writing music for the group that was built on strong, sophisticated...
I started playing the steel drum more than two decades ago with a large steel orchestra in Trinidad. After moving to the USA, I began working small ensembles combining the steel drum with conventional instruments. Playing gigs around the...
Tony Guppy
Pannist(Steelpan player), Performer, Composer & instructor/Educator
Born in Trinidad & Tobago, Guppy currently resides in Japan. He is actively performing and touring with a wide variety of musicians in various venues...
Biography
When asked, how long he has been playing the steel drums or “pan” as it is
sometimes called Victor Provost’s typical facetious response is “longer than I
haven't”.
Provost began his musical journey at the age of 10. ...
