Steffens Roger & Peter Simon. The Reggae Scrapbook.(Brief…
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- Steffens Roger & Peter Simon. The Reggae Scrapbook.(Brief…
- Superb ‘Moment’ with Beres
- Modern Drummer : MD
Steffens Roger & Peter Simon. The Reggae Scrapbook.(Brief…
Free with registration – Library Journal – AccessMyLibrary.com – Jan 1, 2008
ISBN 978-1-933784-23-6. MUSIC This beautiful coffee-table book for.
Superb ‘Moment’ with Beres
Jamaica Gleaner – Jan 1, 2008
when the main lights went down the lights over the orchestra members’ music sheets glowing and the cheers up as Hammond made his way through the audience swelling as he skipped paused and strode purposefully up the steps. It was the beginning of just over two hours on a momentous extended Gleaner-sponsored ‘Moment’ with Hammond the orchestra starting off and the sing-along beginning immediately as he requested “would you give me a bit of your time” a pair of dancers adding their movement to the moment. A musical get-together The reggae of ne Dance hit and the centre shook with the audience’s howls. She Loves Me Now followed to the same effect as a smiling Hammond walked the square giving all his full attention. He was like the endearing uncle or world’s best next-door neighbour who just happened to be able to sing superbly holding a musical get-together with friends good-natured jokes coming throughout the ‘Moment’ as he interacted with band orchestra dancers and audience. When the music and three dancers portraying a love triangle paused on the first ‘could you’ in Step Aside Now after a few seconds Hammond walked over to the male dancer and said “you must tired now” and continued the song through the laughter. A right leg flashed high on Come Back Home and the first ‘pull-up’ came on Double Trouble and Hammond said to orchestra conductor Peter Ashbourne “you can pull up too” smiling… She Loves Me Now followed to the same effect as a smiling Hammond walked the square giving all his full attention. He was like the endearing uncle or world’s best next-door neighbour who just happened to be able to sing superbly holding a musical get-together with friends good-natured jokes coming throughout the ‘Moment’ as he interacted with band orchestra dancers and audience. When the music and three dancers portraying a love triangle paused on the first ‘could you’ in Step Aside Now after a few seconds Hammond walked over to the male dancer and said “you must tired now” and continued the song through the laughter. A right leg flashed high on Come Back Home and the first ‘pull-up’ came on Double Trouble and Hammond said to orchestra conductor Peter Ashbourne “you can pull up too” smiling. The combination of dance and music which marked the night continued with an expressive sole male dancer on Putting Up Resistance Hammond’s black jacket by now well gone and his white long-sleeved shirt open to show a matching vest. “I never realise that my Jamaican people love me so much. This is wonderful” he said and they roared.
Modern Drummer : MD
highbeam.com – Jan 1, 2008
Managing editor Adam Budofsky is MD’s resident reggae fanatic. He replies “Suggesting specific reggae tracks to check out for the drumming is a bit tough. Reggae isn’t like some genres of music where the drums are a prominent instrument in the mix. Instead reggae is all about the big picture and the greatest reggae drumming often doesn’t jump out at you. With that in mind it makes more sense to me to track down music by reggae’s most important singers and producers and then listen carefully to the drumming on their tracks.
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