a r t i s t : Rudy Smith Quartet
t i t l e : Still Around
d a t e : 2007
l a b e l : EM (EM1073CD)
g e n r e : Jazz
r l s. d a t e : Jan/2008
t r a c k s : 07
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 55,6 MB
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The album "Still Around" is the first record Rudy Smith made
under his own name, and it is considered a classic and one of
his best. In the long history of Pan music, both in Trinidad
and internationally, this is one of the very few albums to
feature Pan as the leading voice in a pure jazz setting.
His group The Modern Sound Quintet played disco/reggae/jazz
fusion, changing their name to The Modern Sound Corporation in
the late 1970s. After extensive touring throughout Europe,
they broke up in 1980. Rudy Smith moved to Denmark in 1983,
where he decided to return to the music he loved, jazz & be-
bop, forming the Rudy Smith Quartet.
The group included Ole Mathiessen (piano), Niels Pr╛stholm
(bass) and a South African drummer, Gilbert Matthews.
There is an international inspiration for the music on the
1984 album "Still Around", featuring an oriental element,
mixed with a dash of Europe, as well as American jazz.
Rudy Smith is referred to as the jazz king of steel pans, and
in Denmark as the father of steel pan.
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01-Blues L'Armoise [04:50]
02-Ursia [06:49]
03-Elise [05:54]
04-Blues for Bradick [03:25]
05-Be Bach [05:04]
06-Still Around [05:54]
07-El Vito [08:42]
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40:38 min