Alfred St. John’s Trinidad & Tobago Steelband, live performance, summer 2002. Photo by Robert Zucco RETURN to ARTIST DIRECTORY

NAME: Trinidad & Tobago Steel Band Alfred St. John, Director CULTURE: Trinidad GENRE: Caribbean calypso, soca, dance music REGION: Finger Lakes COUNTY: Monroe BIO: The Trinidad and Tobago Steelband, under the leadership of Alfred St. John, has been performing throughout Western New York and Canada and beyond since 1972. Alfred formed the group to share the exciting musical heritage of Trinidad and Tobago, and at present there are five core members. Their instruments are drums, bass guitar, cello pans, double tenor pans, double second pans, and soprano (lead) pan. Along with these instruments, there are many other percussives used on the recordings and in person, and one or more vocalists accompany the band in live performances. All combine to provide an innovative program of island favorites and popular tunes performed in the special tropical way. These accomplished musicians have been associated with steel pans an average of twenty plus years each. And occasionally, guest panists are invited to perform with the group at special concerts and recording sessions. For concerts, festivals, weddings, corporate events, anniversaries, bat and bar mitzvahs, and any occasion that should be special, the Trinidad & Tobago Steelband has a combination of performers perfectly suited to any event. DISCOGRAPHY: Caribbean Romance (Dynamic Recording, 1994) Caribbean Romance Vol II (Dynamic Recording, 2002) World Beat (Dynamic Recording, 2000) Caribbean Christmas Carnival (Dynamic Recording, 2008) Marimba & Steel Pan Christmas (Dynamic Recording, 2008) World Resonance (Dynamic Recording, 1991) WEBSITE: www.alfredstjohn.com CONTACT: Alfred St. John 86 Firestone Dr., Rochester NY 14624 585-247-6688 Or Jackie Kaspersin Dynamic Recording Jackie@dynrec.com 1-800-816-4262

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