"Pan On The Move"(1972), Its Journey And Impact - A 50th Anniversary Tribute to Dr. Ray Holman.

The story is about Dr. Ray Holman's composition of "Pan on the Move", the first "own tune" composed by a pan arranger back in 1972, going against the tide of steelbands performing mainly the songs of calypsonians before then. The move eliminated the boundaries/limitations and presented the idea that pannists/arrangers could compose their own music for the instrument, causing a ripple effect in the pan world which gave rise to the likes of Dr. Len "Boogsie" Sharpe composing and arranging his own music, Ken Philmore and several others doing the same. It is a story to cherish and preserve, told by Dr. Ray Holman and Dr. Len "Boogsie" Sharpe themselves. An acoustic performance is also included of the song remade for this documentary, with Ray and Boogsie performing together in this project. Incidentally, during the making of this project, they both received their honorary doctorates from the University of the West Indies. 50 years later the story of this song, and its impact comes alive in this video.

"Pan On The Move" (Panorama 1972)
Composed by Ray Holman
Lyrics by Alvin Daniell

Video
Executive Producer - Mark Loquan
Producer/Director/Screenwriter - Gerelle Forbes
Assistant. Producer - Tyker Phillip

Camera Operators
Jerome Birch
Stephan "Lyrics' Messiah
Camera/Drone operator - Renaldo Matamoro
Drone Assistants - Keaghan Smith, Isaiah Clarke

Supervising Editor - Gerelle Forbes
Editors - Jerome Birch, Akua George, Gerelle Forbes, Ahmad Abdullah-Muhammed

Audio Recording
Yoichi Watanabe
Katz Imai

Music Performance
Arrangement by Dr. Ray Holman/Mark Loquan

Live performance
Location : Dr. Ray Holman's house, Woodbrook, Port of Spain
Double seconds - Dr. Ray Holman
Double seconds - Dr. Len "Boogsie" Sharpe
Nylon string guitar - Mark Loquan
Percussion - Kenneth Clarke

Studio tracks
Engineer - Yoichi Watanabe
Upright bass - Douglas "Dougie" Redon
Steel string guitar - Mark Loquan
Cajón - Etienne Charles
Added percussion - Kenneth Clarke
Bottle and spoon - Dr. Ray Holman
Vocals - Ray Holman/Mark Loquan

Mixing and Mastering
Mixed by Yoichi Watanabe
Mastered by Martin "Mice" Raymond

Acoustic version of Pan on the Move :    • "PAN ON THE MOVE" Performance - A Tri...  
(Photos by Maria Nunes)

Documentary ends with "Pan on the Run" written by Dr. Ray Holman, Alvin Daniel; ©Woodbrook Music, COTT; Performed by Dr. Ray Holman from Ramajay Records, “First Love” (RR70021); Courtesy of Pan Ramajay Productions.

Copyright © Mark Loquan, All Rights Reserved