Vintage Fuh So! + Steel, remembering our greats.

Bermuda Institute presents steelpan showcase featuring local talent: Bermuda Institute Steelband, Sommersfield Steel Orchestra, De Onion Patch Crew, Berkeley Institute.

Marlow Jazz Club are excited about their February gig, thought to be one of the most unusual in their 42 year history of live events. It will feature the highly acclaimed and very successful Mark Cherrie Quartet. Leader Mark, from Trinidad, is a brilliant exponent of an instrument rare on the jazz scene – the steel pan, but far from concentrating on Caribbean music, his Quartet’s repertoire covers a wide spectrum, and his best selling new album “Joining The Dots” includes tunes by Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock and Pat Metheny as well as original material and the traditional folk tune “scarborough Fair”. One of Britain’s top pianist John Donaldson is a big name in the Quartet along with Eric Ford on drums and Mick Hutton on bass.

Escape to Margaritaville with the pulsing, rhythmic sounds of the steelpan. Tee Tee Solo will have you swaying and singing to her memorable Caribbean songs. No registration necessary.

The 6th Annual One Evolution featuring Olujimi La Pierre, Noel La Pierre, Earl La Pierre jr., and Duvone Stewart.

Gregory Boyd, a jazz musician from Denmark, will give a concert in the Belarusian State Philharmonic. “The concert of Gregory Boyd is a unique opportunity to hear unusual world-class music performed by a sincere, charismatic, and talented musician. He will play his own hit songs composed in the best traditions of the Afro-American jazz, funk, blues and soul, and also classics of the American jazz while interacting with the audience and inviting them to sing along and become co-authors of his music,” the philharmonic representatives noted. Gregory Boyd possesses a low voice typical of Afro-American jazzmen, but he can also hit high notes using vocal techniques which are more characteristic of the blues manner. He changes the manner of singing several times in one song giving it a sense of improvisation. Gregory Boyd is also a multi-instrumentalist. He plays the piano and the steelpan which looks like a big steel pan but sounds like a soft tune of an electric piano. One can only listen to such a combination of archaic classics, exotic ethnic music, and modern electronics at rare avant-garde concerts. The music which the jazzman writes himself resembles the classic New Orleans jazz. “Gregory Boys stresses the rhythm section. Sometimes we may hear only his voice and a steelpan as a percussion. But starting from this minimalism he often develops the composition, involving more and more musicians. Such a manner allows him to combine the early orchestral New Orleans jazz and the late ‘hot’ jazz which is characterized by a solo improvisation,” the philharmonic representatives said.

Iowa Days of Percussion Mass Steel Band Concert at Central Hall.

Legendary steel-pan artist Andy Narell brings his unique blend of jazz, Latin and calypso music to OU. Narell is the pioneer of bringing the steel pan into the world of jazz with his imaginative improvisation and acclaimed original compositions. He will be joined by OU jazz and world music faculty. Doors open 7pm.

This children’s concert will feature OU’s Pan Jumbies (Steel Band) with guest artist Andy Narell, who has composed many classic pieces for steel band and is one of the pioneering musicians of this instrument and art form, which was invented using recycled oil barrels on the Caribbean island of Trinidad. Patrick Fitzgibbon, Ensemble director. Doors open 9:30am.