From Tin Pan to Taspo: Steelband in Trinidad, 1939-1951

by Kim Johnson

From its first appearance in 1939 with a group of men knocking on pots and pans to the 1951 Trinidad All-Steel Percussion Orchestra (TASPO), steelband has fascinated the world. Relying largely on oral histories, this work investigates and documents the different technical, musical and organizational steps by which the steelband movement was born and grew to maturity.

This study is a radical break with the approach to cultural creativity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 976640254X
• ISBN13: 9789766402549
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: University of the West Indies Press
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"