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| Ronald Clarke |
Location:
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Monday, 23. June 2008
Great information on
Tony
Williams. I have just read
Dalton
Narine’s piece on Ivory & Steel. There is no dispute that Tony Williams is
legendary. He is an inventor, innovator,
composer and leader. Unfortunately the
business of pan failed him. RCA
undercut him in the recording of
Ivory &
Steel, a truly signature
recording of the pan and so too did the
members of the band who followed the
impresario to England. One would hope today
that steelband organizations have better
organization structures so the archivists
and business managers are separate from the
composers, pannists, tuners, etc.
Richard Etienne and I worked together at
ISCOTT (Iron & Steel Co.) between 1979 –
1980. I never knew he played. However, he
developed into a brilliant financial
strategist and concert promoter. No doubt
Ricky understood the art form and is the
type of person whose skills would protect
our artistes.
RE: Sam Saldenha - 24. June 2008
I read the Dalton Narine article and it is correct. The only part I have a problem with, is that he is
somehow giving credit to Anthony Williams as the one
who created Harmonic tuning, when Tony himself told
me that it was Bertie Marshall. However, the tone
of Tony’s pans had a high resonance like
harmonically tuned pans.
The rights to the Ivory and Steel Recording were
sold to a recording company in Trinidad headed by a
guy name Samaroo. About four or five years ago
Tony asked me to type a letter to Samaroo (I
believe his first name is Lucky) to reprint the
record in CD format, but he never got a reply, and
it would be illegal for him (Tony) to do it on his
own. The members of the band did not abandon Tony
and followed Winnifred Atwell to England, this was a
later tour organized by Sony Black (a Trinidad
impresario domiciled in England), who bought tickets
for only half of the band, who eventually stranded
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| Munot Pans |
Location:
Switzerland |
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Tuesday, 3. June 2008
Hi Monika,
möchte dir
einfach mal im Namen der Munot Pans SH danke
sagen für die Events der Band die du immer
gewissenhaft nachführst. Liebs
Grüessli und bisch
ssssssssssuuuuuuuuuuupppppppiiiiiiiiiii.
Andy
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| Ueli |
Location:
Switzerland |
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Thursday, 8. March 2008
Ich möchte Dir ganz herzlich
dankeschön sagen für Deine Arbeit mit den
Kameras. Super Film und ebenso gute Bilder. Ich
sehe sie mir immer gerne wieder an. Herzlichen Gruss und bis zum
nächsten Mal. Ueli von Tropical Dreams
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| Mellisa Ingraham |
Location:
USA |
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Saturday, 29. March 2008
Thanks for posting our first year Steel Drum
Band on your site. It was the kids' first
performance and they will be so proud to
know that people other than their Moms and
Dads enjoyed the show. These kids meet
before school to practice and love learning
the instrument. They have a great teacher
that is an awesome drummer and quite an
inspiration. There are more kids in the
band than drums at the school, so they take
turns and rotate after each song. Love your
site! Keep up the good work.
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Wednesday, 30. January 2008
Let me tell you a little story that you
will love - one day i was in the ladies
bathroom here at work, and a girl
stopped me and said "HEY!! Let me see
that T-SHIRT you are wearing.... does it
REALLY say 'panjumbie' -- ???? How yuh
wearin a panjumbie t-shirt? Who are
you?? And how yuh know about PAN???
Turns out she is a Trini gal who moved
here only recently for work, and saw me
wearin YOUR t-shirt, so she spoke to me.
just few minutes ago she came to my
desk to ask me where is our panyard, and
who is our band? and where can she find
a good tuner..........!
So you see your t-shirt is WORKING in
the big world to increase peace and pan
from all corners!
-- isn't that
WONDERFUL?????
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| Trinbago Blog |
Location:
Trinidad & Tobago |
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Wednesday, 23. January 2008
Hi,
This is Matthew Encinas, the co-creator of
www.trinbagoblog.com. Just saying thank you for linking
to one of our pieces (I noticed the influx of traffic from
your site). We are trying to post new stuff at least 3 times
a week so please continue looking out for interesting
material. Thank You,
Matthew |
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| Dieter Eggenschwiler |
Location:
Switzerland |
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Friday, 21. December 2007
Liebe Monika
Es ist mir ein Anliegen Dir für die tolle Unterstützung bei
all unseren Konzertpublikationen zu danken. Ich wünsche Dir
und Deiner Familie frohe Festtage und "viel gutes neues
Jahr"!
Liebe Grüsse
Dieter Eggenschwiler
Steelband LALA SALAMA |
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| Panash Steelband |
Location:
Paris, France |
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Monday, 17. September 2007
bravo pour le travail que vous faites avec votre
site que l'on consulte
très régulierement..... bravo
In Pan We Trust
Panash Team
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| Marvin Siwela |
Location:
Johannesburg |
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Monday, 17. September 2007
Hi, my name is Marvin based in South Africa,
Gauteng Province city of Johannesburg. I’m
one of the biggest fans of steel pan. I’m
also one of the people who had the privilege
to go see Andy Narell performing live a
couple of times & will definitely go see him
again on the 30th of this month @
the Dome.
I for one would love to play steel pan, but
this instrument is very scares this side.
Most of them are designed for schools & I
think it’s time this instrument should be
exposed to the public as well. Even though a
lot of jazz musicians don’t take steelband
music seriously, there should be opportunities
for pan lovers as well to “Passage” an input
in the world of jazz.
It would really be advisable & appreciated
to create more lessons & workshops for
people who would really love to play
steelpan & share their love for the
instrument with others.
{Big-ups to Dave Reynolds & Grassroots} –
Viva la Musica…
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| Ed Peters |
Location:
Toronto |
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Wednesday, 20. June 2007
Hi Monix, I must congratulate you on the
fantastic job you have been doing, sharing
information on Pan throughout the world.
Ed Peters Chairman, Ontario Steelpan Association
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| Jürgen Bruhn |
Location:
Dortmund, Germany |
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Thursday, 19. April 2007
Hi Monika,
danke für die phantastischen Videos von BELA FLECK & THE
FLECKTONES !!!!! Gäbe es nicht pan-jumbie.com dann hätte ich
die wahrscheinlich nie entdeckt !!! Liebe Grüße aus Dortmund
Jürgen |
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| Jürgen Lesker |
Location:
Dortmund, Germany |
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Tuesday, 27. March 2007
liebe monika,
nach abschluss unserer dritten caribbean night
am 24.03.07 in dortmund auch an dich einen
herzlichen dank für die professionelle
unterstützung. wir freuen uns im besonderen
darüber auch mehr gäste mit weiterer anreise bei
der veranstaltung zu haben. das ist sicherlich
auch der internet präsenz auf pan-jumbie zu
verdanken. es war in diesem jahr von der
stimmung her besonders gut gelungen. das solendo,
das programm und nicht zuletzt der einsatz der
vielen pan-kultur mitglieder haben das
ermöglicht.
also - auf ein neues
jürgen lesker / pan-kultur e.V.
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