“Steel pan had a stigma and was considered an instrument from the ghetto. People associated with pan weren’t considered model citizens and women weren’t allowed to play pan. “I’ve never really thought ...

Sometimes, when he’s on the bandstand, his body jerking and his face locked in a grimace as he tucks into a solo that sails from one key change to the next, the jazz steel pan player Victor ...

Meet a steel pan artist that will knock you out of your shoes. Jonathan Scales provides new angles to hear and appreciate his enigmatic instrument. Jazz Night In America: The Radio Program ...

The steel pan, possibly the only instrument made out of industrial waste, has become an icon of Trinidadian culture. Hammered into the shiny metal surface is a series of dents.

Each year, New York Panorama, the highly popular musical event of the West Indian American Day Carnival, attracts multitudes to the Brooklyn Museum grounds for the one of the preeminent steelpan co… ...

The pan originated as a means of communication among enslaved Africans brought to Trinidad by the French in the late 1700s. The instrument was quickly outlawed by the slave masters.

The steel pan’s history began thousands of miles away from Austin. The instrument originated in Trinidad, where French plantation owners landed in the 18th century, bringing African slaves with ...

Tuesday's Google Doodle honors the steelpan, the national instrument of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. The steelpan is a 55-gallon steel freight drum-based percussion instrument, which was ...

The steel pan, possibly the only instrument made out of industrial waste, has become an icon of Trinidadian culture. Hammered into the shiny metal surface is a series of dents.