Tag: Carnival

Atlanta Steel Pan & Island Music

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ATLANTA STEEL PAN & ISLAND MUSIC Bring the Caribbean sound of steel drum music to any event, venue, wedding, reception, festival, party or function! Steel drum music, accompanied by djembe, bongo & conga drums is performed by Atlanta’s favorite Steel Pan & Calypso Band! Import the live, pulsating rhythmic flavor of Trinidad & Tobago’s Carnival, Soca & Calypso led by Steel Pan Music to your event! Atlanta Steel Pan & Island Music performs: Bob Marley, Jimmy Buffet, Jamaican Reggae, Calypso, Latin, Jazz Standards & Contemporary Music! STEEL DRUM or MARIMBA accompanied by Island GUITAR & UKULELE.

Visit Atlanta Steel Pan & Island Music website here.

Ray McMurtry

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Accomplished bass player, performing since 1960, Ray’s Linked in profile reads, “Just A Bass Player who pull 4, 5 and 6 strings.” Need we say more?

Paul Vogler

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Paul has appeared on the bill with Ziggy Marley, Thelonius Monk Jr., Dr. Billy Taylor, The New York Voices & others.

As a public educator of public and private schools (Baylor and McCallie schools of Chattanooga) and universities including UTC and Georgia Perimeter College. Paul lectured World Music, Percussion, Jazz Studies and Electronic Music and directed Jazz Band and Orchestra.

Paul’s company, Atlanta Event Music, has provided educational programming since 1995, receiving the 1997 Dorothy Mullen National Arts Award for “The Bessie Bus”, a mobile jazz and blues program. Atlanta Event Music also provided audio/video production/editing and inter-active exhibits including working with the National Afro-American Museum on the traveling exhibit “When the Spirit Moves” appearing at the Smithsonian Institution.

Currently, Paul maintains an active performance schedule with Atlanta Steel Pan and Island Music, the Atlanta Jazz Trio, and 2nd Line Atlanta while continuing to teach private lessons.

PAUL VOGLER performs as solo percussionist on vibraphone, marimba & steel drum. Paul is also an Alternate Mode Mallet Kat endorser and proudly plays the Panyard Solid Hoop steel pans.

MP3 Atlanta Percussionist: Paul Vogler on Marimba!

A music instructor for over 20 yrs with the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, teaching Jazz studies, Electronic Music, World Music & percussion, Paul is now semi-retired and founder of Atlanta Event Music and percussionist with Atlanta Jazz Trio, Atlanta Steel Pan and Island Music and 2nd Line Atlanta.

MP3 “Watch What Happens”, Paul Vogler – Atlanta Jazz Trio

MP3 “Blue Bossa” Paul Vogler on Steel Pan with Paul Newkirk on Accoustic Guitar

MP3 “And I Love Her, Beatles” Demo track Paul Vogler with Paul Newkirk

2nd Line Atlanta

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2nd Line Atlanta has over 20 years of experience performing NEW ORLEANS SECOND LINE MUSIC and JAZZ and personifies the unique musical sounds of the City of New Orleans, a music considered the foundation for traditional Jazz and Dixieland.

2nd Line Atlanta is at the forefront of the New Orleans Brass Band renaissance! Our traditional New Orleans style second line band is able to play in almost any setting from festival stages to grand ballrooms; riverboats to city streets. 2nd Line Atlanta provides quality New Orleans entertainment to fit your occasion.

From complete second line brass band to solo musician, 2nd Line Atlanta musicians provide New Orleans JAZZ, BLUES, CAJUN and ZYDECO MUSIC.

TRUMPET, TROMBONE, SAXOPHONE, TUBA, BASS DRUM SNARE DRUM, UPRIGHT BASS.

Improvisation and funked-up modern pop sets a soundtrack for SECOND LINE PARTIES.

View 2nd Line Atlanta Website