Sweet. Back in January, the 13th to be exact, at the Naniki Jazz Festival, 1688 Collective paid tribute to Irving Burgie – the American songwriter of Barbadian descent, who penned our national anthem. The self-dubbed big band performed Dr. Stefan Walcott arrangements of Burgie’s songs, and even had help from vocalist Nikita Browne. Watch their…
http://246mixtapes.com/2016/04/watch-nikita-1688-collective-pay-tribute-irving-burgie/
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Stefan Walcott is a Barbadian pianist and composer. Throughout his career, Stefan has been privileged to perform with and write for a broad cross-section of artists in England, where he studied and in his native Barbados. Stefan has arranged for Nicholas Brancker, the Brazilian Sinfonica and created Handel’s Caribbean Messiah, a re-working of the classical work. Stefan currently is the director of 1844 Productions Inc. a production company, and 1688 Dingolay Inc. a not-for-profit. Stefan currently has a PhD in cultural studies with an interest in the music of the English-speaking Caribbean.
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