The New York Times - Steelpan/Steelband - Obituaries

 


To date three Steelband Music standouts have receive New York Times obituary recognition - Martin Douglas, Ellie Mannette and Clive Bradley

Apr 21, 2020 — Martin Douglas, Who Set Tone for Steel-Pan Brooklyn, Dies at 71. A deft musician and beloved mentor, he helped keep steel-pan music — his bridge ...

Aug 31, 2018 — Ellie Mannette, a Trinidadian musician known in the United States as the father of the modern steel drumdied on Wednesday at a hospital in ...
Dec 1, 2005 — Clive Bradley, whose arrangements for steel-drum orchestras in Trinidad and New York City won championships from 1970 to 2005, died on ...

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