Quintessence

by Samaroo Jets

Overview

One of the most virtuosic of small groups in the field of steel band, Jit Samaroo and family run a tour de force over both calypsos and various adapted pop hits on Quintessence. All members of the band, except the bass pan player, are family, and prior to 1991, the bass player was family as well (sister Vidya, featured in "Pan Rising"). Jit Samaroo has gone on to be one of the big five steel band composers, and the arrangements on Quintessence prove the validity of his inclusion among the elite. For fans of crossover style calypso, this album would be a perfect addition, with its overly varied repertoire covered. For newcomers, too, its crossover appeal might not be a bad introduction. ~ Adam Greenberg

Product Details

Release Date:	05/03/1994
Label:	Delos
UPC:	0013491402420
Rank:	242811

Tracks

1. Meditation (Medita¿¿¿¿o)
2. Tico-Tico
3. (Everything I Do) I Do It for You
4. The Bee's Melody
5. I'll Be There
6. Alma Llanera
7. Portrait of Trinidad
8. Begin the Beguine
9. Coming in from the Cold
10. O Mere Sona
11. Memory
12. Unfogettable
13. Two to Go
14. Heal the World
15. One Moment in Time
16. Pan Rising

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Samaroo Jets   Primary Artist
Zequinha de Abreu   Primary Artist
Michael Jackson   Primary Artist
Aldwin Roberts   Primary Artist
Cole Porter   Primary Artist
Irving Gordon   Primary Artist
Bob West   Primary Artist
Bob Marley   Primary Artist
Pedro Elias Gutierrez   Primary Artist
Albert Hammond   Primary Artist
Thomas Stearns Eliot   Primary Artist
Mervyn Hodge   Primary Artist
Lakshmikant Pyarelal   Primary Artist
Antonio Carlos Jobim   Primary Artist
Len Sharpe   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Simeon L. Sandiford   Liner Notes,Engineer
Aldwyn Roberts   Composer
Newton Mendonca   Composer
Albert Hammond   Composer
Norman Gimbel   Composer
Jose Abreu   Composer
Pedro Elias Gutierrez   Composer
Aloysio Oliveira   Composer
Andrew Lloyd Webber   Composer
T.S. Eliot   Composer
Trevor Nunn   Composer
Amelia S. Haygood   Executive Producer
Berry Gordy, Jr.   Composer
Bob Marley   Composer
Bob West   Composer
Cole Porter   Composer
Len "Boogsie" Sharpe   Composer
Robert John "Mutt" Lange   Composer
Ramiro Belgardt   Mastering
Michael Jackson   Composer
Michael Hodge   Composer
Hal Davis   Composer
Willie Hutch   Composer
Antonio Carlos Jobim   Composer
Ervin Drake   Composer
John Bettis   Composer