Remembering Master Musician, Panorama Arranger and Band Leader Beverly R. Griffith

Beverly Griffith (born April 18, Trinidad)


Beverly graduated from St. Anne’s College in Trinidad and Tobago and Brooklyn College in New York.

Beverly was a Social Worker in New York and Florida. He worked with ailing seniors, needy children and adults addicted to drugs and alcohol.

Beverly’s first and most fervent passion was music. Early on as a pianist, he formed the Clarence Curvan Orchestra. His interest then turned to arranging music for large steel pan orchestras. He was a Champion and Master arranger for Desperadoes Steel Orchestra. He later became a steel pan musician and vocalist and entertained all over the United States.

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