Pan Jumbie: A Quest to Extend a Steelpan Legacy | Tony Williams
Tony Williams shares his courageous quest to extend his steelpan legacy despite battling diabetes and amputations, highlighting the power of resilience and dedication to his craft.
18 Aug 2024
Babonneau SO: St. Lucia's 8-time Panorama Champion | Allison Marquis
When you follow your bliss, the synchronicities are ecstatically validating with rewards beyond your dreams, not necessarily making a living but living a love. The unassuming St. Lucian pannist, composer, arranger Allison Marquis truly exemplifies this sentiment with eight Panorama Championships and already eyeing next year for number nine.Support the Show.
17 Apr 2024
MITTCO: The Eight Pillars of a Steelpan Ecosystem | Akua Leith
The new business model for the Steelpan industry is an ecosystem based on collaboration rather than competition. Akua Leith explains the pillars and principles that guide this system in the founding of MITTCO (Musical Instruments of Trinidad and Tobago Company LTD).
Support the Show. (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2321271/support)
10 Apr 2024
The 'Pan Bopper': Melding the dual love of Steelpan and Bebop Jazz | Victor Provost
"Be like water" was Bruce Lee's famous admonition. For Victor Provost, Pan was the instrument he played growing up on St. John in the Virgin Islands. Jazz was the music he loved. The melding of the two was no conscious exploration, it was an organic evolution. Performing and sharing this gift was what he was used to, until Covid struck. Then he pivoted to his other love, teaching and sharing what he had uniquely developed. "Water!"
Support the Show. (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2321271/support)
4 Apr 2024
DFX: Surmounting the 'Pigeonholes' of the Steelpan Art Form |Andre White
One of the steelpan art form's prodigious talents talks about the challenges of building an identity outside of conditioned perceptions in the music industry and the indigenous culture from which it emerged.
Support the Show. (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2321271/support)
18 Mar 2024
The NSSBE: Advancing Steelpan Education in the US | Chris Tanner
“In the US, every instrument…guitar, trumpet, piano, has its own society where people who are interested…or are practitioners and teachers in that discipline, get together at conferences, via professional journals, websites; and they share best practices, ideas,…what has worked, what hasn’t worked, what are their challenges, so that we’re not reinventing the wheel every time somebody wants to do this thing.” – Chris Tanner
And that, essentially is what the NSSBE provides for the Steelpan art form in the US.
Support the Show. (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2321271/support)
11 Mar 2024
TNTeague: The dynamic father and son Steelpan Duo | Liam Teague/Jaden Teague-Nunez
Sons don't always follow in their Dad's footsteps, especially when Dad has already created some pretty big shoes to fill. But when a son matches his Dad's passion and potential for a particular preoccupation, the promise is priceless. Listen as TNTeague
share their passion for Pan.
Support the Show. (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2321271/support)
3 Mar 2024
An Unassuming Maverick: Carving out a new tributary in the Steelpan movement | Jonathan Scales
"Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them." Jonathan Scales never set out to be different in the steelpan fraternity. He was just being himself, playing the music he loved and found himself taking Pan where it had never been. Listen to Jonathan's story, an unlikely saga that grows with every note he plays.
Support the Show. (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2321271/support)
27 Feb 2024
TT Panorama 2024: 'A win is a win'; Demystifying a winning arrangement| Duvone Stewart
Four-time Panorama Large Band Champion arranger and director, Duvone Stewart of the BP Renegades Steel Orchestra breaks down the process of composing a winning arrangement within the constraints of a four-element criteria.
Links to the Duvone Stewart documentary, The Man Behind the Music:
https://youtu.be/dBx9uMMfKKM?si=msjpj... (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBx9uMMfKKM&t=0s)
https://youtu.be/EobmHqswdX4?si=t8fn8... (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EobmHqswdX4&t=0s)
https://youtu.be/5Brbs5pm4fI?si=G8Qje... (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Brbs5pm4fI&t=0s)
Please support our sponsors:
https://www.kakesa.com/ (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbURleXh1TFMyWlJrNkU3Q1B2aFV6M09KMTJvd3xBQ3Jtc0ttNUhDS0RBSVhtUXlPZHc1VVdEN2dqeXRseWxTZzhUbkNFc2NVTmZQM2c0bzRHcWgtdVZnOVota3hUdUxJSmRvaXd6ZUNLcWJXQTgxemJvdEtaVUd2RVVsb3N1ZVNET0FyazJ0Mnd5UWprOGpLQzNscw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kakesa.com%2F&v=JNzj0qpEJTQ)
Support the Show. (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2321271/support)
Contact Pan Players' Podcast
Guest appearances
Books guests
Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.
Host of Pan Players' Podcast?
Claim your podcast to manage its listing and keep your show details accurate.
Pod Engine is an independent podcast discovery and analytics service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by this podcast. Artwork and show content belong to their owners. Full legal notice.
Explore this show Podcast research with Pod Engine
