The
first CD of The Pan Piper
Hameed
Shaqq
1998
1. Besame Mucho (Consuelo Velasquez)
2. Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin)
3. Hot Hot Hot (Mighty Arrow)
4. Girl From Ipanema (Antonio Carlos Jobim)
5. Hotel California (The Eagles)
6. Jammin' (Bob Marley)
7. Here Comes the Sun (The Beatles)
8. Wind Beneath My Wings (Bette Midler)
9. Planet Groove (The Pan Piper)
10. A Night in Tunisia (Charlie Parker)
11. Confirmation (Charlie Parker)
12. Moscow Nights (Russian)
13. Eine Kleine Nacht Musik (W. A. Mozart)
14. Moonlight Sonata (L. von Beethoven)
15. Air on the G Sting (J. S. Bach)
16. You'll Never Walk Alone (Carousel)
The Steel Pan:
The steel pan, the only new melodic instrument
invented in this century, originated in Trinidad. Widespread independent
experimentation in the early 20th Century culminated in the use of steel
drums in the 1940s.
Each steel pan is fashioned from a 55-gallon
steel drum whose surface has been sunk into a concave shape and divided
into concentric rings of notes. The note surfaces are struck with rubber-tipped
mallets. Depending on the range of notes it produces, the steel-drum instrument
can consist of a single drum (the soprano pan) or as many a six to twelve
drums (the bass pans).
The various steel pans cover the entire range
of musical voices: soprano, alto, tenor, bass. Played together, they constitute
a steel band. Among the pioneers of steel pan, Ellie Mannette is generally
credited with the creation of the alto steel pan, consisting of two drums,
while Tony Williams is known for the creation of the spider-web pattern
of the original soprano pan.
Credits:
Artistic Director & Producer: Hameed
Shaqq (The Pan Piper)
Alto Steel Pan: Hameed Shaqq (Tuner: Leslie
Bernard, Trinidad)
Soprano Steel Pan: Hameed Shaqq (Tuner:
Earle Wong, Toronto)
Bass: Becca Whitla, Kevin Cooke
Classical & Electric Guitar: Mike Whitla
Drums: Paul Fritterer
Recording Studio: Rosnic Sound
Mixing Engineer: Michael Whitla
Editing: Hameed Shaqq & Mike Whitla
Graphic Design: Kennon Saari
Art & Design: Mombi Jonson
Photograph: Patricia Clark
Notations: Hameed Shaqq and Patricia Clark
Thank You:
Special thanks to Michael Rosnic. Thanks
also to my TTC patrons. This recording is a tribute to my grandmother,
Ma Tuti, my mom, Berryl, and my Aunt Nicey.