2023 and here we are, still vibing!!! 🎶

what I am tripping on is how the kids are enjoying what they are doing. They sound good to me....Let us sit back and listen to music that makes us temporarily forget our troubles...Thank GOD FOR GIFTS HE HAS GIVEN TO US.

I am a Trinidadian and love this cool jazz vibe thing of Andy. Really very nice indeed.. easy going ...many thanks Andy for this interpretation ...you have a Trinidadian soul.

Once you get hooked by the joyous sound of Andy Narell's music , you stay hooked.

@panmad6156

3 ай бұрын

I discovered Stickman over 30 years ago and then learnt to play pan by listening to Narell songs in my own unique way..

Larger than life, Andy

Thank you🙏 gentlemen Thank you🙏 Texas University. About time all you institutions turned up! It is YOUR democracy too, we are fighting for.

One of the greatest tunes that didn't win the Trinidad and Tobago panorama. It never died.

I wonder if anyone noticed that steeldrums are the only instrument when played ,that the players seem to be enjoying just as much as the audience that is listening.

I love Andy music, to me it does not matter where he's from, his arrangement always brings life to any piece he play, I had the honer of playing some of it I love it.

@malinveronique188

5 жыл бұрын

It's public knowledge Andy has been granted honorary Trini status. He loved trini culture and showcased it in the USA.

@TheTopaz60

5 жыл бұрын

Of course. Music is universal and to be shared by all ...I agree with you .

@christophercastagne2906

2 жыл бұрын

@@malinveronique188 This is true, but why the all-white band in a university with more then 50% non-white students? Leading to stupid callous and racist statements like Paul E Marshallʻs below

Hi am Carlon one of the Original Tenor players when andy made this song. In Florida now and i still remember the solos. I miss you Andy and your Vision. Skiffle Bunch Lower Coffee street my second home

@charlesbarry6730

7 жыл бұрын

A perfect balance of steel and horns. Brilliant.

@TheTopaz60

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Carlon, really lovely relaxed vibe going on here and very well played by all of you. My Dad wrote a lot about the history of the Pan now in library of Congress Washington by Roderick Thomson. He grew up in Belmont Port of Spain the birth place of the Tdad Pan. Kudos to you all he loved Any's work too. Fab , miss him too.

Wow! Absolutely beautiful, am a trini and ah love it ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Bout' time! Andy Narell represents pan in the modern age, so cool!!!

Awesome!!!!!! I really love this version of Coffee Street! These kids really enjoying what they're doing and for me this is what give that wonderful feeling to this music. As venezuelans we're feel steel band like homeland music too since Trinity & Tobago is one of our neighbor countries and has a big influence on music in the eastern side of my country.... I really love it...Thanks to Andy and thanks to the boys and girls of UNT College of Music

Nice to hear the electric bass playing the the same bass line aa the bass pans! It gives a better appreciation and quality to the bassline!

Andy I Met Your Brother Jeff IN San Francisco, year's ago he give me one of his:C D, coffee street , is where I am from.you and Jeff is not only gifted musician, but possess a great personality!

Great. I love Andy's music. He is a great panist andcomposer. This is his masterpiece.

Andy, You deinitely possess a reincarnated soul of a Trinidadian, believe me, you are great, I mean really talented , a gifted brother. I can listen to you for hours, spread your talent brother.

@therealsnapboogie

3 жыл бұрын

LOL!!

@johnnathaniel2373

Жыл бұрын

He learned his craft from an Antiguan

Beautiful🇹🇹

Pretty certain half of these views are from me constantly playing this piece.

Wow! Another unforgetable gem from the UNT School of Music. Kudos to all!

He's got the style down Mon. Let de rum flow and de beautiful island ladies dance!

To all the Haters, I'm from TNT, Andy and the young youth's are playing pan!,And not beating pan!

This is an awesome version of coffee street, and I love that all these kid are having fun playing it. Their energy is reflected bin the music 👍🏾

Hi 👋 to All 👍= Fabulous happy Music 🤪- unusual type band from a University cheers 🥂 to all = from - Wales U.K.

The man is playing like he was born in Trinidad and Tobago. I'm a a trini, ah know

@scmcdonald4920

6 жыл бұрын

Amazing what my parents' culture can teach me and all other Americans!!! This is BEAUTIFUL!!!!!

@thelibran11

5 жыл бұрын

In a way,he is you know!

@fayie79

5 жыл бұрын

Non. That is not how we play in Trinidad. he's doing his own thing. give him some credit.

@lesterus1

4 жыл бұрын

And all started by a toy steel pan his dad brought him as a souvenir from Trinidad.....!!!!

The amazing Mark Walker on drums is always great to hear!

@SeanVplayer

6 жыл бұрын

Mark Walker is an Awesome drummer! I love when he gets together with Andy Narell, they play so well together!!

Instead of making negative comments , enjoy the music. He has a different way of playing and arranging. Anywhere he goes,he always mentions his mentor Ellie Mannette.

@TheTopaz60

5 жыл бұрын

I agree

@brdnrd

6 ай бұрын

I can't even find any negative comments.

Love what the triple guitars and steel bass are doing. There’s nothing like that underneath sound in all of music. But it has to be LIVE!

Wonderful! Really enjoy how much fun everyone is having.

Excellent!... always love to hear this piece of music.... Andy’s got the pan in his bones.... I don’t care where he’s from!.... I am Trini...... and I love this music!... period!...

Just lovely, I could listen to this for hours!

@thelibran11

6 жыл бұрын

No truer words...same here!

@thelibran11

Жыл бұрын

I do listen for hours!

There seems to be a lot of envy as regards Andy's music. I am a great fan and I grew up in the West Indies hearing calypso pan. Andy has brought pan into other streams of music in a dominant way. Spyro Gyra's Morning Dance, Bill Wither's Just the Two of Us and some of the offerings from Ralph MacDonald gave us glimpses of what was possible but that space was left empty for a long time. Andy has helped fill that void and others are starting to follow. He should be viewed as a trail blazer and not denigrated because he stole the emperor's clothes. The emperor was not wearing them!! Listen to him with Anita Bonan on Quaquaraquaqua and playing David Rudder's Nuff Respect and you will see he is allowing pan to stretch its legs as more than just a novelty instrument. And if you want to hear living proof that Andy is not the only one doing something wonderfully different with and for pan music check out Pan Jazz Conversations which is an excellent jazz album by Clive Alexander. Open your minds and listen to the music and forget about who was born where.

Well done Andy, the band with the brass section played well and sound great; I really like your projects.

Andy, your authentic love of calypso comes through very powerfully in this arrangement. Very deep and intrinsically moving. I will love to jam with you one day....

i remember that gig in Vitry sur Seine in 2004 with Calypsociation and you, Andy as the pan leader of that band. Laurent Lalsingué played too.

Awesome job! Always good to see Andy Narrell.

The music is being played and everyone is enjoying themselves immensely. That's marvelous :)

If the inventors of instruments like the trumpet,violin and others were narrow minded, think of how the much poorer the music world would have been. While it is always be good to be proud of one's culture this effort should be appreciated not condemned.

I am truly surprised that there isn’t a person of color in the band given that the steel drum is a West Indian creation. I do however, appreciate the fact that the students are keeping pan alive, and so effortlessly. Thanks to Andy Narrel. He does deserve credit. Let’s give it to him.

@christophercastagne2906

2 жыл бұрын

EXACTLY! And not because they couldn find any - this school has more non-white students than white!!!! Yet they have an ALL WHITE STEELBAND?!?!?! I liek Andy too, but dis shit not right!

@thelibran11

Жыл бұрын

For those students who wish to pursue music...

@brdnrd

6 ай бұрын

It's North Texas, for crying out loud! Anyway, "white" is as much a "color" as "black" (neither one is actually a color).

@danewoods7880

2 ай бұрын

Perhaps there were no students of color in the school's music program...and if there were they must have opted not to try the steel pan. Let's congratulate the vision and interest of these students who embraced an art form of a foreign culture.

Great 😊😊👌😊😊 orchestration Congratulations to Andy

Really appreciate this music✌

Love it!!!

way to go andy

Great Performance!

@benjohnson4024

5 жыл бұрын

I. Love Andy. His. Music. Is. Great. I. Can. Listen. To. Him. All. All. Day

I love Steel Pan... Greats.

well, i have seen everything now!

LOVE IT!!!

Cela donne envie de retourner au College ! Très bel ensemble et visiblement du plaisir partagé !

joyful...thanks Andy.

@johnharvey5381

3 жыл бұрын

A beautiful composition indeed. And the sound of the instrument is addictive.

awesome

Best experience with Andy started when both Andy,Junior Regrello Capt. of Skiffle Bunch took me to the Late Pat Bishop's house to rectify and part of the song. Upon entering her beautiful i accidentally bumped into a pristine blue vase,after hit the floor Andy looked at me and said " that was prolly and new tenor pan in expenses.I shrugged and we laughed it off and was back to the music.

This is sooo cool l love the Integration the arrangement almost felt like I was in Trinidad keep it up guys

Wonderful performance.

wonderfull

Fabulous !!

those negatives commentaries are getting really boring ! Pan, and music in general, has no flag ! Stop being limitated by your national pride ! hourrah for good music and good musicians !

@Danjobeth

7 жыл бұрын

Anita Bonan its not pride. its their music. it was born from them. so they can say anything they want it. love is like that.

@TheTopaz60

5 жыл бұрын

@Jason Lind Music is Universal to be shared by anyone and all , I love Any's cool interpretation of Pan. Pan is very versatile .... Kudos to these players and Andy for their enthusiasm and interest in our National instrument . I feel flattered .

@albertbrown359

Жыл бұрын

Culture vultures! Say what you want.This features the epitome of racism. And they still cant reveal the soul of our Trinidadian born spirit.He had the opposite to find a few black players But no so to hell with Andy Narell. We see what he represents!

@arlenehotep381

6 ай бұрын

Music is a world within itself and a language that we all understand. Quote from Stevie Wonder song.

Horn section was underutilized here. Steel Drum Guys were clearly the dominant force and there should have been better balance. Still it moved me as the first time I heard this Tune.

Steel and Brass....Heavy Metal....

Smooth Jam, Nice, Enjoyable. Thanks.

OMG well done

Thanks for the order Coffee Street.

This is now a staple of the Skiffle Bunch steel band.

ANDY NARELL a pan great.

Awesome

...why would anyone go out of their way to dislike this video??

@thelibran11

Жыл бұрын

The world needs fools to properly function!

I was looking this sound for death, I needed to listen this piece a very nice full of color.🎼🎹🎼🎹🎵🎶🎺🎤🎺🎧🎷🎸🎹🎸🎷🥁🥁

I second that Bytom Girl. Jeff is good too...he was actually my instructor when he taught the steel pans at Berkeley. Andy's a Golden Bear alum.

good music stell pam

the whole concert!!! I want to hear my horn arrangements! :)

❤

PETER Sammy I'm From Trinidad, Great Music Andy I Met Your Brother Jeff IN San Francisco Some Years Ago, He Did Give Me One Of His :C D He Is Also A Gifted Musician.jeff

The sound man does not suck. Recording a steelband is NOT EASY. Check with Avatar Studio in NYC. Ask Amrit.

I apologize! I said the sound man sucked, but he fixed it! thru me for a loop! Nice interlude! nicely done NTCM!

Brilliant. Been a big fan of Andy since discovering authentic steel bands while living in the Caribbean. You can always rely on the Americans to take somebody else's culture and do it better.

@MaisuDonim

10 жыл бұрын

Where in the Caribbean did you live? Ever heard of Trinidad and Tobago? Andy Narell has been there many times and continues to go there to learn his instrument from the masters. He is good but there are better.

@pauldarkwood

10 жыл бұрын

Mang O Chow I lived in Antigua. There were some superb bands in the 70's. I've been to Tobago. I dont doubt there are even better, who for example, and playing jazz?

@h3llr3ll113

10 жыл бұрын

Paul Marshall Sorry, but i have to disagree. He can't compete with the masters of steel pan in Trinidad. I am not saying that he isn't good, because he's great. I've met him in Trinidad and as Mang said, He goes to the island to continuously learn more from the pan greats..

@lenarcher6997

10 жыл бұрын

Paul, Andy Narrell is good, but go look up music by Liam Teague. His versatility in Jazz, Calypso, and Classical pan is light years ahead of Andy Narrell. And there are hundreds of Trinis with comparable or better skills. Your exposure is obviously limited.

@thelibran11

10 жыл бұрын

Len Archer All of this is just foolish talk.I am a born Trini with an insatiable love for sweet pan music.And that goes back to my real first love...Pan Am North Stars.Then there is Despers 'Party',Catelli,Renegades..Boogsie,Bradley,'Junior' Pouchet and all the other greats...pioneers.I respect them all.But when it comes to the musicality of it all...I would listen to Andy Narrell for hours.His seasoning adds a different flavour,brings a beautiful sound,and that is because he makes the pan play music given its limitations...So then,why can't we just appreciate and stop the foolish comparisons.Andy will take pan to heights that maybe most can't!

I love this tune, and the happy faces of the musicians. I wish it was not just 'center channel' for audio.... (and there's some feedback hum :( )

Not bad for a bunch of Texans

@thefourthmystery

6 жыл бұрын

Lionel Cameron 😂😂

@johnharvey5381

3 жыл бұрын

They come from all over the world to UNT.

@christophercastagne2906

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnharvey5381 Why is it only white students tho? UNT has more than 50% non-white students, yet the PANSIDE, the band playing an instrument created by poor BLACK people in the Caribbean, is ALL WHITE???!! ... I like Andy, I like his music and appreciate what he does with and for pan, but some soul searching here is in order...

@johnharvey5381

2 жыл бұрын

@@christophercastagne2906 I appreciate and respect your question. I guess it depends on who is exposed to the music, and their desire to learn it. While writing this message, I can't go back and read your statement about percentages, whether it was at UNT or elsewhere. All I can tell you is that there are no restrictions on what type of music a person wants to learn, it is their own choice. One can dig music from all over the world, or they can choose to live in a bubble.

@jesussaldana4558

5 ай бұрын

​@christophercastagne2906 actually i can vouch why i believe....in laredo, we used to have a steel pan group of high school students......alot of the kids that joined listened to hard rock and metal music....pan music is percussion and universally deals with heavy sounds like hard rock and metal bands.......so it makes sense since predominantly the people joining will actively listen to that kind of music....i got introduced to megadeath, deftones, and distubed from being a part of a steel band.

I hear you loud and clear. Even so there is room for every kind pan player and every kind of audience for each kind of player. NOTHING on this earth sounds like full size Panorama steel orchestra in full flight. NOTHING! How many people leave their homes thousands of miles away to come and hear Andy and his band? People leave USA, Europe, Japan and many other countries each and every year to come and hear up close and personal what you so scornfully describe as "pan beating". Learn to appreciate your own.

Do they play weddings? :-)

I'm not a UNT student but I wrote the big band arrangements and would love to see all the footage

This is so cute lol

Those kids in green are ready to start chipping in TT. 'Coffee Street' yes there is literally a Coffee Street TT.

La version de Philippe Lavil ( Calypso) est formidable aussi !

@ANITABONANA

7 жыл бұрын

çà fait l affaire !

soon, ANDY NARELL' s NEW ALBUM : "Oui, ma chérie " on andynarell.net

Are there any more clips from this concert?

@thelibran11

6 жыл бұрын

Are there?

Hi Mr.Davis

If there were lyrics, what would they be?

Andy is Trini to de Steel....

6:53 Lol when the speakers malfunction

Nuff props to Andy! But what about Boogsie, Ken "the Professor", and all the other Trini greats? Come on Trinidad learn to promote and appreciate your own just as much as the foreigners do theirs.

@thelibran11

9 жыл бұрын

What's wrong with giving props to an excellent musician?Andy grew up in Trinidad while his father was based (no pun intended) in Chaguaramas.Fell in love with the pan (his instrument of choice),and has been playing it ever since...taking it to different parts of the world.What's wrong with giving him the credit as a great ambassador of pan.Trinidad should give him the highest award!We live in fear that someone will always take away our candy from us.That is so insecure!Lets enjoy the music.lets enjoy our honorary ambassador.

@RunawayTrane

9 жыл бұрын

thelibran11 Just because we don't fear something does not mean that it isn't actually happening. I see this and all i can think is that there are HUNDREDS, maybe even THOUSANDS of black people who would kill for such a gig.

@charlesbarry6730

4 жыл бұрын

The true music lover likes good music. It matters not where the performer is from. What Andy has isva good management team.The days of the lone wolf are gone. Admiring one performer does not descredit others.

Shame that this has been poorly recorded. Cannot hear any of the steel orchestra (Apart from Andy). Otherwise, love the tune

First learned of Andy Narrell in the late 80s. Title "The Hammer" from the album of the same name is an awesome song. In response to Paul Marshall, to say that "the Americans take somebody else's culture and do it better" is blasphemy and sacrilegious. Pan music was born in TT and nobody does it better. Frankly, I find this song too subdued and tamed. It needs a more "primitive" local sound.

@thelibran11

5 жыл бұрын

Talk about primitive....your thoughts are a perfect example!

you so much bout them tell them come.panorama in tnt or newyork stop playing there fine but not Brooklyn museum ready yall lost ya damn mind

this need some brazilian percussion

Hi Paul, Andy is good,but this is one culture the Americans have not bettered.Maybe you have not heard the real thing...................

@albertbrown359

5 жыл бұрын

You are sure right.Andy is a culture thief

@allenhurt02

Жыл бұрын

Cry harder. This sounds amazing🤌🤌

@jesussaldana4558

5 ай бұрын

​@@albertbrown359

I all can hear is piting ping.