STEEL PAN MASTER ANDY NARELL AND CALYPSO LEGEND RELATOR
BRING JAZZ AND VINTAGE CALYPSO TOGETHER
With Andy Narell — who’s been playing calypso music from Trinidad since he was barely tall enough to reach the pan — it’s always been about expanding the role of the steelpan in jazz. Now, with the June 23, 2009 release of University of Calypso (HUCD3168) on Heads Up International, a division of Concord Music Group, Narell joins forces with calypso legend Relator to explore the role of jazz in vintage calypso.
Relator (real name Willard Harris) is one of Trinidad’s finest calypsonians. He’s a brilliant singer-songwriter, with a long series of outstanding compositions to his credit. He is also one of the greatest living masters of extempo, an improvised calypso cutting contest in which, like hip-hop freestyle competitions, two singers attempt to blow each other away. He has been featured in two recent films about Trinidad music, Calypso at Dirty Jim’s and Calypso Dreams.
Andy Narell and Relator were inspired to do this project together upon discovering their mutual admiration for and influence by the music of the great Calypso songwriter, Lord Kitchener (Aldwyn Roberts.
ADDITIONAL BIOS:
University of Calypso Bio, Andy Narell & Relator 03/01/09
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AUDIO:
Gavaskar - 5:03
University of Calypso - 2009 - Heads Up
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Food Prices - 5:15
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Steel Band Music - 4:14
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