Happy Birthday to the legendary Len “Boogsie” Sharpe
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Len “Boogsie” Sharpe October 28th |
Len “Boogsie” Sharpe was born on October 28, 1953 and started playing the
steelpan at the age of four. By the time he was a teenager he had mastered
all the voices and different styles of the pan family. By the early
seventies, following the pioneering work of Ray Holman in 1972, “Boogsie”
became renowned as a composer and arranger of his own music in national
competitions, in both the classical and calypso genres.
From that time to the present, he has continued to compose and arrange music
for
PHASE II PAN GROOVE
Steel Orchestra, the band that he co-founded in 1972, and of which he is
Chairman and Musical Director. Additionally, because of his prowess as a
composer and arranger “Boogsie” has worked with numerous other pan
orchestras in Trinidad and Tobago as well as throughout the Caribbean, the
USA and England. His arrangements and compositions span a variety of musical
genres including Calypso, Soca, Classical and Jazz. (See complete bio)
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