PanMaster Robert Greenidge

Robert Greenidge was born in Success Village, Laventille, Trinidad, West Indies. He began playing under the direction of his uncle, Carl Greenidge, a renowned arranger and tuner. At eight he joined the Savoy Steel Orchestra where he was taught scales and chords on a blackboard. Since he possessed an ear for playing all types of compositions, he was recruited by The Desperadoes Steel Orchestra at 18. Under the musical guidance of Rudolph Charles, the bands leader, and the great Emmanuel "Corbeau Jack" Riley, Greenidge's solid performing skills were shaped.
At 17 he performed at the First Negro Arts Festival in Africa, the next year, 1967, at the Montreal Exposition in Canada, followed by tours of London, Zambia, and New York in 1968. In 1970 he represented Trinidad & Tobago as a soloist and member of the Trinidad National Steel Orchestra. In 1971 he mastered composing and arranging at the Third Street Musical Conservatory in New York.

[@nuare]

Side by side - solo on steel pan is fantastic!

[@GospelPanMan]

Robert Greenidge is a fantastic musician and player of the Steel Pan, I hope one day to cross paths with this legend!

[@raz1926]

Legend!

[@brianb8060]

This is the first time I've heard him speak, except for a sentence on the Don't Stop The Carnival, CD.

[@arthurrossman3631]

Amplified Steel Pan

[@arthurrossman3631]

Trinidad & Tobago should patent the steel pan and add serial numbers as well as the maker

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[@arthurrossman3631]

It is NOT Caribbean Steel Pan
- it is Trinidad & Tobago Steel Pan - Reggae is Jamaican- so don’t refer to reggae as Caribbean music, likewise do not refer to steel pan as Caribbean…OK

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