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What Pan Did for Me

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Details

Composer
NAZARETH STRAYHORN SMITH RO
Artist
Smith, Merrymakers Steelband, Modern Sound Quintet, Gracia
Format
CD
Label
Caprice
Released
Apr 28, 2015
Catalog #
CAP 21839
UPC
7391782218398

About

Rudy ”Twoleft” Smith is a legendary figure in the world of steel pan and steelband.This album, What Pan Did For Me, offers samples of his many musical faces: the pan man, the jazz musician, the arranger, the pan tuner, the tune smith…Rudy’s life covers most of the development of steel pan as a tuned musical instrument.The first pans were made from biscuit tins and other metal containers and had but few notes.These were the first steel pans Rudy made and played as a very young boy.During the period 1945-55 the steel pan was gradually transformed into a set of instruments from treble to bass made from 55 gallon oil drums.The orchestra made up of steel pans became known as steelband.The original function of steelbands was to provide music for the masqueraders in the famous Trinidad carnival.The bands played the Trinidad calypso music, but very soon began playing other kinds of music.The U.S. had both a naval and air base in Trinidad.The G.I. audience was a different one than the local audience.And they could pay.With the “Yankees” departure in the late 1950s the steelbands had to look for new markets.As a teenager Rudy started to travel with the band Merrymakers, taking steelband to Europe in the wake of the 1950s calypso craze.

Tracklist 13 tracks

  1. 1 Apanhei-te, Cavaquinho (I've Got You, Cavaquinho) 02:59
    Track
    1
    Title
    Apanhei-te, Cavaquinho (I've Got You, Cavaquinho)
    Duration
    02:59
    Composer
    Ernesto Nazareth
    Ensemble
    Merrymakers
  2. 2 Take the A Train 02:55
    Track
    2
    Title
    Take the A Train
    Duration
    02:55
    Composer
    Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington
    Ensemble
    Merrymakers
  3. 3 Otinku 03:54
    Track
    3
    Title
    Otinku
    Duration
    03:54
    Composer
    Rudy Smith, John Roachford, Kofi Ayivor
    Ensemble
    Modern Sound Quintet
  4. 4 Sugar Daddy 04:51
    Track
    4
    Title
    Sugar Daddy
    Duration
    04:51
    Composer
    Rudy Smith
    Ensemble
    Modern Sound Quintet
  5. 5 Third Call 05:56
    Track
    5
    Title
    Third Call
    Duration
    05:56
    Composer
    Lars Sjosten
    Ensemble
    Lars Sjosten Quartet
  6. 6 Sal Rabso 05:01
    Track
    6
    Title
    Sal Rabso
    Duration
    05:01
    Composer
    Pancho Chin A Loi
    Ensemble
    Gracia
  7. 7 Elise 05:53
    Track
    7
    Title
    Elise
    Duration
    05:53
    Composer
    Rudy Smith
    Ensemble
    Rudy Smith Quartet
  8. 8 Pan in A Minor 06:50
    Track
    8
    Title
    Pan in A Minor
    Duration
    06:50
    Composer
    Lord Kitchener
    Performer
    Rudy Smith
    Ensemble
    Robert Munro and Friends, Hot Pans Steelband
  9. 9 Asia 07:01
    Track
    9
    Title
    Asia
    Duration
    07:01
    Composer
    Rudy Smith
    Ensemble
    Rudy Smith Quartet
  10. 10 El Vito 08:42
    Track
    10
    Title
    El Vito
    Duration
    08:42
    Composer
    Pedro Iturralde
    Performer
    Coste Apetrea
    Ensemble
    Rudy Smith Quartet
  11. 11 Be Bach 04:13
    Track
    11
    Title
    Be Bach
    Duration
    04:13
    Composer
    Rudy Smith
    Ensemble
    Rudy Smith Quartet, Copenhagen Steelband
  12. 12 Blues l'armoise 04:49
    Track
    12
    Title
    Blues l'armoise
    Duration
    04:49
    Composer
    Ole Matthiessen
    Ensemble
    Rudy Smith Quartet
  13. 13 Happy's Story 10:40
    Track
    13
    Title
    Happy's Story
    Duration
    10:40
    Composer
    David Williams
    Ensemble
    Birdsong Steelband