The only instrument, orchestra, where the musicians dance and smile, and laugh while playing.... This is a joyous thing. Can't imagine a piannist,celloist, or violinist having this much fun..
I will like you to go on youtube and explore Steel bands of Trinidad and Tobago ( including this original rendition) and you will see the and hear vibrance. Cannot beat the Originators but nice try by these youth.
as a panman myself, I commend this band...not one trini in the band and they executed this song with style, grace & excitement...1st class arrangement!
Tears welled up in my eyes and mu throat tightened as I saw / heard this group of young Finns playing the steelband... Wow! how the world has changed! I was one of the first 'female' pan players in the Virgin Islands when I was in high school in 1969. It's wonderful to see a distant country espousing our culture and enjoying it so much! You had me doing the 'jump up! Thank you so much... We are one world, one human soiciety...
Steel Drums are one of the youngest instruments out there and their influence is spreading all over the world. What started with one person and a cannon ball on a beach is turning into a worldwide sensation. I played my first steel drum, a lead pan, in Alaska years ago and have been hooked on the groovin feel of soca ever since. Respect to you guys. Pan in A Minor isn't an easy piece but you guys pulled it off!
Nicely done. Over the last 2 weeks I've been listening to pan music. Facebook placed "Rainorama" another Lord Kitchener song in my feed. Never played with a steel band but the drummers I watched playing in St. Lucia, preteens, did. In this piece my focus was the bass drum of the drummer and it was the pattern I heard so often played. That is what makes the music so danceable. Kudos to the drummer. Lol, kudos to the pan-men-and-women too.
dis not dem rendition....is not dem try to follow. ..n it is not....total misuse of the pan...no coordination or musical transcendence from pan to pan. ..jus noise....no melody fused wit d other....go listen to jit s own..n hear real pan
I don't agree that they should stop jumpin around, the music calls for it and as long as they remain in tune and in time there's no problem showing how much they are taken into the music. Man, I and all was jumpin around, and I was watching this at work :)
Yea and look at the sick trolls dissing them, some F8cked up people on YT posts! They probably aren't even from Trinidad or beat pan, just sh8t from their mouths!
realy very good. I also like that everybody is in tune. Compliments also for the energy and to the man or woman who tunes the lot. Greetings from Holland.
-Detta har jag inte gjort på mångamånga år, men jag GRÄÄÄT!!! AV LYCKA! Tack snälla och håll lågan brinnande. Hoppas jag får höra mycket mer av dessa begåvningar.
@pyrylammikko BRAVO! This is just WONDERFUL! I wish everyone could see this video. As a Trinidadian, I'm really proud of our instrument. Thanks Finland!
Greetings from St Lucia. I play for North Stars Steel Orchestra, and find that u handled this piece pretty well! We take part in Trinidad's panorama yearly, and from my experience, this arrangement is in it's own class. You play sweet (dancing while you play, and hardly make mistakes). It's one the best arrangements, (I love the classical part). Keep it up, and I dig the "carrot-top playing the seconds in the blue tees! Keep it up, and rock the world with this one!
Reminds me of the St. Croix Phiharmonic. Excellent! If you ever get to listen to a band like this, in the same room, the sound will blow you away! I heard that on Trinidad they have a battle of the bands during pan season. Now that would be something to see.
Great work. I particularly love the energy and passion in your playing. Unlike many big bands I have heard your melody line is clear and well supported. Keep it up.
Pan was invented in the. Republic of Trinidad and Tobago..FIRST. Glad it is now known around the world. That tune is by a great Calypsonian by the name of Lord Kitchener.
love love love it u guys r great!!! i use to play for my school basically every drum i learned from the master=my friend gabriel..lol but yes i miss its my favorite thing in the world!!!
I love this arrangement! The intro sounds a bit messy to me, kinda hard to follow the melody, but its definitely one of the best arrangements of this I've ever heard! Excellent!
In retrospect, I think the arranger was actually trying to pay tribute to Jit by referencing his arrangement during the intro and early part of the tune. If you notice, as the piece proceeds, the arrangement steps right away from Jit's arrangement. In any case, it's a spirited performance and the band can be proud of their execution.
WOW!!! When are these guys coming to the interior of British Columbia, Canada? What an inspiration for school bands! Hopefully many of these young folks will go on to teach this wonderfully alive music to many others.
As a born Trini all I can say is you guys are great, you guys have perfected Trinidad's national instrument you sound like a top notch steelband from Trinidad well done im impressed.
did u say they perfected it????are u fukn dotish ???? dem take one of d greatest pan arrangers piece n fuked it up. .n u call it perfection...only trinis cud rep pan like it shud b....wit dat said. ...I commend dem for their effort..but personally dem jus embarrass the greatest steel pan arranger by imitating his rendition n poorly executing it....sorry dese not perfection....is jus foreigners tryn to play pan
curtiss744, You must never say that you are a born Trinidadian...ever again. You can say you visited Trinidad, but born there???? You must be jokin" boy. Maybe yuh born in Finidad. Every woman, man, LGBT, and or child that was born in Trinidad or elsewhere, would say to you "You don't know FUCK ALL about Pan" To quote Koby Sadmar.. yuh mus be dotish, (that means an exceptionally stupid person like you), since you cyar be from Trinidad If you think that was perfect, you better pull your head out of the asshole you born from. To take Pan in A Minor, and change it to Pan in A Major Mess, is what the arranger did to that tune. How alyuh could rip off Jit Samaroo so? If he was still alive, that would have killed him for sure. Great to see a group of young people playing the Steel Pans, but to fuckup a tune to that extent, is beyond imagination. You must be one of the players in that band, right?? How de fuck you could say dat was perfect? It have Stupid, but you take the cake !!!
curtiss744 I have seen many people of different cultures try to play this Instrument using this classic Lord kitchener tune arrange by Dr Jit Samaroo and no one has that feel like a Trini, the steel pan belongs to the land of Trinidad & Tobago 🇹🇹 and nobody can steel that feel that you hear when a real Trini is playing so I'm very disappointed that you would be impress with this buffoonery this none-sense these fools are doing would not survive for a second in Panorama and they know it...
Adam Ouissellat Well said Adam,, These posters shame Trinidad! So so sad, So much hatred , I beat pan also and am not from Trinidad but played with some fine players from Trinidad and they were nice people and fun and kind, You posters here are ignorant and have f*cked up attitude and give a bad name to people from Trinidad with your ignorant posts. These kids are trying their hearts out and you bash them. I think a bunch of trolls! Pure ignorance!
it makes me so happy 2 see that my country has made such a positive impact on the entire world and music itself. i play with CASYM here in the United States
Love this tune!! Our symphony orchestra is doing a piece with a steel drum sextet. Can't wait for them to be at rehearsal tomorrow (Tuesday night)...concert is Saturday! :) Great group!!!
Why do we have to compare. Just listen to Europeans playing the pan and enjoy the playing. You can appreciate without having to condemn.When the steel band plays classical music there is appreciation from abroad. No one says that they are not sounding good.
hey I'm from St. Lucia too. I'm currently studying at Lousiana Tech. Just felt like hearing something from back home. I was pleasantly surprised to watch this clip. some white folks really do have rythm!
Really? My prof told the class that so you can see why I would believe him. It was when they were still a british colony and their many forms of celebration became outlawed. I was talking about the evolution of the pan instruments themselves, not the evolution of soca and calypso as a whole, which did start with tamboo-bamboo bands. There are people out there that know WAY more than I on the subject so thanks for letting me know.
@pyrylammikko A very lovely arrangement that does credit to Kitch's work, and great musicianship by the players. However, maybe I am missing something here. Is there nothing wrong with "ripping" from Mozart, Jit and others and "making it your own" without giving credit where it is due? Or does it go both ways where other arrangers are also allowed to "rip" your arrangements without credit. All it takes is a few seconds....
realy good played, i'm gonna play this song too, maybe next month or something not sure. it's quite good training because if i hear the song before i play it, it's easier for me to play. i hope we win the competition in Germany next year. Moi Moi!
Yea, straight rip from the Jit Samaroo arangment. Sorry but re-arrangement is not arrangement, it is transcription. Give credit where credit is due please. Besides that, very clean playing.
Fantastique big band de pan finlandais et virtuoses de plus sans pour autant venir de la jamaîque, ce qui prouve qu'on peut pratiquer avec talent tout type d'instrument en étant très loin de son origine; j'en fais moi-même et je me régale comme eux, que du bonheur....
Monsierr, s'il vous plaît obtenir votre information correcte . Kitch est né à Trinidad pas Jamaïque. Toute la musique des Caraïbes ne est pas jamaïcain . Nul ne peut faire l'acier pan musique comme Trinis!
Great effot kids..Now all you need are a few "ironmen", a scratcher,and an LP Cowbell player and you will be rockin with a tight 'riddum section' :) SHJ, NYC
Jos joku haluaa tietää, olin muuten ihka ensimmäinen "jäsen" kyseisessä bändissä ja olin bändin ensimmäisellä "keikalla" soittamassa peppi pitkätossua vanhempain illassa. Vuosi taisi olla 1990-91? Olin ensimmäinen joka opetteli soittamaan Viitasen Arin itse tekemällä pienellä pannulla koulun musiikkiluokassa Karjaalla. oi niitä aikoja. Onpa kokoonpano kasvanut niistä ajoista. -Mika
Great effort kids.Now all you need are a few "ironmen", a scratcher, an LP Cowbell player and you will be rockin with a tight 'riddum section' :) SHJ, NYC
The only instrument, orchestra, where the musicians dance and smile, and laugh while playing.... This is a joyous thing. Can't imagine a piannist,celloist, or violinist having this much fun..
I will like you to go on youtube and explore Steel bands of Trinidad and Tobago ( including this original rendition) and you will see the and hear vibrance. Cannot beat the Originators but nice try by these youth.
@@sunnylove3521 true
as a panman myself, I commend this band...not one trini in the band and they executed this song with style, grace & excitement...1st class arrangement!
I LOVE THIS!!!! Well done, my youths 👍✊👏👏👏👏 big love - Big respect from Trinidad
Tears welled up in my eyes and mu throat tightened as I saw / heard this group of young Finns playing the steelband... Wow! how the world has changed! I was one of the first 'female' pan players in the Virgin Islands when I was in high school in 1969. It's wonderful to see a distant country espousing our culture and enjoying it so much! You had me doing the 'jump up! Thank you so much... We are one world, one human soiciety...
Brilliant!!!! Trinidad and Tobago's gift to the world.
Kathryn Chan.As a born Trini I am proud of our music .
Tremendous! Not only does it sound fantastic, but everybody's got their groove on. Great to see the fun, smiling faces and enthusiasm. Love it!
Playing a classic like this takes guts and y'all pulled it off wonderfully. And yes your pans do sound sweet!
Finland playing pan! Wonderful musical expression from some beautiful ladies! Absolutely fantastic! Very enjoyable.
Steel Drums are one of the youngest instruments out there and their influence is spreading all over the world. What started with one person and a cannon ball on a beach is turning into a worldwide sensation. I played my first steel drum, a lead pan, in Alaska years ago and have been hooked on the groovin feel of soca ever since. Respect to you guys. Pan in A Minor isn't an easy piece but you guys pulled it off!
NAH!! Dem is real Trini!!!
They sounding real good the arrangement is top notch.
People from Finland, this from a Trini all yuh good
Nicely done. Over the last 2 weeks I've been listening to pan music. Facebook placed "Rainorama" another Lord Kitchener song in my feed. Never played with a steel band but the drummers I watched playing in St. Lucia, preteens, did. In this piece my focus was the bass drum of the drummer and it was the pattern I heard so often played. That is what makes the music so danceable. Kudos to the drummer. Lol, kudos to the pan-men-and-women too.
boy if I eh know betta I woulda rel swear I listenin to a set ah Trini playin deh!!! BEAUTIFUL!!!!
Excellent rendition of "Pan in A Minor"by these young people from Finland.I certainly enjoyed the vitality of the players.
dis not dem rendition....is not dem try to follow. ..n it is not....total misuse of the pan...no coordination or musical transcendence from pan to pan. ..jus noise....no melody fused wit d other....go listen to jit s own..n hear real pan
This was fabulous ! What an arrangement arranger to pannists alike !
I am from Trinidad and Tobago, I am a pan lover and I am VERY impressed.. keep up the good work.
really enjoyed this arrangement,, a classic pan song... talented band...
Well done Ari, you did your own thing, and it sounds GOOD! Big up your Finnish Steel pan lovers! From a Trini panman
I don't agree that they should stop jumpin around, the music calls for it and as long as they remain in tune and in time there's no problem showing how much they are taken into the music.
Man, I and all was jumpin around, and I was watching this at work :)
I am born and bred TRINBAGONIAN and I APPROVE THIS RENDITION ....COPIED OR NOT.It was SWEET.👍👍.
Awesome job on this, guys. It is so great to see pan all over the world. One love!
look at their love for what they're doing. look at the joy on their faces. tears in my eyes.
Yea and look at the sick trolls dissing them, some F8cked up people on YT posts! They probably aren't even from Trinidad or beat pan, just sh8t from their mouths!
realy very good.
I also like that everybody is in tune.
Compliments also for the energy and to the man or woman
who tunes the lot.
Greetings from Holland.
Great Steel Band!!! Congratulations from Santa Fe, Argentina.
tenor pan player
Fabulous. Your band sounds like if you were here in T+T. Keep up your very high standards and thanks for making our Steel Pan #1. Just Great.
I"m blown away. Close my eyes and I could be in Exodus panyard. Well done, musicians. Well done Steelpan pioneers!
that is good trindad music
-Detta har jag inte gjort på mångamånga år, men jag GRÄÄÄT!!! AV LYCKA! Tack snälla och håll lågan brinnande. Hoppas jag får höra mycket mer av dessa begåvningar.
unbeleaverble . i never know finland can play steel band music so sweet
@pyrylammikko BRAVO! This is just WONDERFUL! I wish everyone could see this video. As a Trinidadian, I'm really proud of our instrument. Thanks Finland!
Just saw this and I love it. Great arrangement performance.
Greetings from St Lucia. I play for North Stars Steel Orchestra, and find that u handled this piece pretty well! We take part in Trinidad's panorama yearly, and from my experience, this arrangement is in it's own class. You play sweet (dancing while you play, and hardly make mistakes). It's one the best arrangements, (I love the classical part). Keep it up, and I dig the "carrot-top playing the seconds in the blue tees! Keep it up, and rock the world with this one!
Absolutely Brilliant!!! Thank You!
Reminds me of the St. Croix Phiharmonic. Excellent! If you ever get to listen to a band like this, in the same room, the sound will blow you away! I heard that on Trinidad they have a battle of the bands during pan season. Now that would be something to see.
Great work. I particularly love the energy and passion in your playing. Unlike many big bands I have heard your melody line is clear and well supported. Keep it up.
Wow! This is awesome 👍👍😀
I can not believe my eyes. And they are from Finland. Well done Well done
Excellent,well played,
Pan was invented in the. Republic of Trinidad and Tobago..FIRST. Glad it is now known around the world. That tune is by a great Calypsonian by the name of Lord Kitchener.
love love love it u guys r great!!! i use to play for my school basically every drum i learned from the master=my friend gabriel..lol but yes i miss its my favorite thing in the world!!!
Ur pretty good. I'm in Sounds of Steel in england. We do this tune, and it rules. U seem pretty clued up. Nice to see another good steel band around!!
This is great... A beautiful rendition.
I love this arrangement! The intro sounds a bit messy to me, kinda hard to follow the melody, but its definitely one of the best arrangements of this I've ever heard! Excellent!
Duane Swift It's an almost exact copy of Jit Samaroo's arrangement for Renegades.
Matthew Davies mattdavies@sctelco.net.au I realized after a while, the arranger didn't give credit :|
In retrospect, I think the arranger was actually trying to pay tribute to Jit by referencing his arrangement during the intro and early part of the tune. If you notice, as the piece proceeds, the arrangement steps right away from Jit's arrangement. In any case, it's a spirited performance and the band can be proud of their execution.
WOW!!! When are these guys coming to the interior of British Columbia, Canada?
What an inspiration for school bands! Hopefully many of these young folks will go on to teach this wonderfully alive music to many others.
This sounds great!!! Bless up, didn't know steelpan was big so......
Continue the good works guys!
FINLAND?!!!!!! Seriously?!!!!! I'm impressed !!!!!! (y)
WOW...! Amazing!!
Good job - I love that song - It was composed especially for steel pans by the "master" Lord Kitchener.
FANTASTIC IT SO COOL.
I am member of pan band in japan .
We want to be like yours.
As a born Trini all I can say is you guys are great, you guys have perfected Trinidad's national instrument you sound like a top notch steelband from Trinidad well done im impressed.
did u say they perfected it????are u fukn dotish ???? dem take one of d greatest pan arrangers piece n fuked it up. .n u call it perfection...only trinis cud rep pan like it shud b....wit dat said. ...I commend dem for their effort..but personally dem jus embarrass the greatest steel pan arranger by imitating his rendition n poorly executing it....sorry dese not perfection....is jus foreigners tryn to play pan
curtiss744,
You must never say that you are a born Trinidadian...ever again.
You can say you visited Trinidad, but born there???? You must be jokin" boy. Maybe yuh born in Finidad.
Every woman, man, LGBT, and or child that was born in Trinidad or elsewhere, would say to you "You don't know FUCK ALL about Pan"
To quote Koby Sadmar.. yuh mus be dotish, (that means an exceptionally stupid person like you), since you cyar be from Trinidad
If you think that was perfect, you better pull your head out of the asshole you born from.
To take Pan in A Minor, and change it to Pan in A Major Mess, is what the arranger did to that tune. How alyuh could rip off Jit Samaroo so? If he was still alive, that would have killed him for sure.
Great to see a group of young people playing the Steel Pans, but to fuckup a tune to that extent, is beyond imagination. You must be one of the players in that band, right??
How de fuck you could say dat was perfect? It have Stupid, but you take the cake !!!
Wonderful comment!
curtiss744 I have seen many people of different cultures try to play this Instrument using this classic Lord kitchener tune arrange by Dr Jit Samaroo and no one has that feel like a Trini, the steel pan belongs to the land of Trinidad & Tobago 🇹🇹 and nobody can steel that feel that you hear when a real Trini is playing so I'm very disappointed that you would be impress with this buffoonery this none-sense these fools are doing would not survive for a second in Panorama and they know it...
Adam Ouissellat Well said Adam,, These posters shame Trinidad!
So so sad, So much hatred , I beat pan also and am not from Trinidad but played with some fine players from Trinidad and they were nice people and fun and kind, You posters here are ignorant and have f*cked up attitude and give a bad name to people from Trinidad with your ignorant posts. These kids are trying their hearts out and you bash them. I think a bunch of trolls! Pure ignorance!
it makes me so happy 2 see that my country has made such a positive impact on the entire world and music itself. i play with CASYM here in the United States
I love steel pan. It is such a fun instrument to play.
my fav pan song of all time
BIGGUP
Love this tune!! Our symphony orchestra is doing a piece with a steel drum sextet. Can't wait for them to be at rehearsal tomorrow (Tuesday night)...concert is Saturday! :) Great group!!!
Love it too bad! I like their energy. Classic song and they did a great job on it. Gotta love those crescendos! :D
Why do we have to compare. Just listen to Europeans playing the pan and enjoy the playing. You can appreciate without having to condemn.When the steel band plays classical music there is appreciation from abroad. No one says that they are not sounding good.
My sentiments exactly...we are so dumb sometimes!
Charles Barry They don't sound good not everyone has that touch
I appreciate that they embrace the steel pan...nuff said! USVI on the page representing
fantastique!!! bravo à vous:)
One those is my old teacher♥ i miss you Terhi
hey I'm from St. Lucia too. I'm currently studying at Lousiana Tech. Just felt like hearing something from back home. I was pleasantly surprised to watch this clip. some white folks really do have rythm!
Brings back memories of when I played the arrangement with our band in high school. #Steelband #Woodridge_College
Really? My prof told the class that so you can see why I would believe him. It was when they were still a british colony and their many forms of celebration became outlawed. I was talking about the evolution of the pan instruments themselves, not the evolution of soca and calypso as a whole, which did start with tamboo-bamboo bands. There are people out there that know WAY more than I on the subject so thanks for letting me know.
whoa all ya have reeeall skills .... wicked
There must be a Trini in there somewhere.Lol!Very commendable performance!
The song is Pan in A minor, originally by Lord Kitchner
Thats about as cool as it gets. Are the pans all tuned exactly the same? Are the notes on one the same position as on another?
@pyrylammikko
A very lovely arrangement that does credit to Kitch's work, and great musicianship by the players. However, maybe I am missing something here. Is there nothing wrong with "ripping" from Mozart, Jit and others and "making it your own" without giving credit where it is due? Or does it go both ways where other arrangers are also allowed to "rip" your arrangements without credit. All it takes is a few seconds....
This is quality! Style understood!!!!
I wonder who the tuner is on these pans??? Sweet sound!
@TheZDLH They are excellent, fantastic execution. They should come down to play, one carnival soon.
realy good played, i'm gonna play this song too, maybe next month or something not sure. it's quite good training because if i hear the song before i play it, it's easier for me to play. i hope we win the competition in Germany next year. Moi Moi!
Voi hyvänen aika. Olipa kiva nähdä Päivi näin pitkästä aikaa vaikka vain tallenteena kaukaisuudesta. Mihinpä hänenkin tie vei?
This is impressive !!!
Whats the name of this so i can listen to it all the time
I love them they are good IMPRESSED
Great Rythum
Very cool!
Great job guys!...Trini Approved :)
This is dope!
that's a funky arrangement! different to the one I played slightly! cool!
Yea, straight rip from the Jit Samaroo arangment. Sorry but re-arrangement is not arrangement, it is transcription. Give credit where credit is due please. Besides that, very clean playing.
Very different from Samaroo..more in keeping with Kitch's crazy irreverent street vibe. Loved it
yey! det här äger! åh va ja älskar det!
Love it!
Fantastique big band de pan finlandais et virtuoses de plus sans pour autant venir de la jamaîque, ce qui prouve qu'on peut pratiquer avec talent tout type d'instrument en étant très loin de son origine; j'en fais moi-même et je me régale comme eux, que du bonheur....
Monsierr, s'il vous plaît obtenir votre information correcte . Kitch est né à Trinidad pas Jamaïque. Toute la musique des Caraïbes ne est pas jamaïcain . Nul ne peut faire l'acier pan musique comme Trinis!
I've seen them(?) playing the Finlandia Hymn!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finlandia_Hymn
Kari Kulju 23.8.2015 Steel Pan Lovers Helsingin tuomiokirkossa ja siellä soi m. Finlandia hymni.
Astounding!!!
Its a amazing.
Does anyone know where in Finland this was recorded. Is this a college or some other organization?
OMG!!!! Trini blood flowin' in Finland!
THIS ARRANGEMENTS ARE JIT SAMAROO ARRANGER FOR AMOCCO RENEGADES WHICH IS BP RENEGADES OUT OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, LETS SAY SOME OF IT.
Great effot kids..Now all you need are a few "ironmen", a scratcher,and an LP Cowbell player and you will be rockin with a tight 'riddum section' :)
SHJ, NYC
Jos joku haluaa tietää, olin muuten ihka ensimmäinen "jäsen" kyseisessä bändissä ja olin bändin ensimmäisellä "keikalla" soittamassa peppi pitkätossua vanhempain illassa. Vuosi taisi olla 1990-91? Olin ensimmäinen joka opetteli soittamaan Viitasen Arin itse tekemällä pienellä pannulla koulun musiikkiluokassa Karjaalla. oi niitä aikoja. Onpa kokoonpano kasvanut niistä ajoista.
-Mika
Great effort kids.Now all you need are a few "ironmen", a scratcher, an LP Cowbell player and you will be rockin with a tight 'riddum section' :)
SHJ, NYC
RIP..... Jit Samaroo
Wow!!!
i'm digging the big girl in blue at the back :D
WOW!
The introduction of this pan in A minor was arranged by DR JIT SAMAROO ARRANGER FOR AMOCCO RENEGADES AT THE TIME.
Oh. My. God.
This is so much faster than we can play it, I don't even recognize it!
ah... happy music! :)
This group is hot like fire. They are jammin.
very cool.
i feel good!