Selwyn Baptiste
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Selwyn Baptiste
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Selwyn Baptiste was a Trinidad and Tobago-born pioneer of the introduction of the steel drum into Britain, forming the country's second steel band in 1967, and early organizer of London's Notting Hill Carnival. An educator as well as a pannist, a percussionist and drummer, he is credited with bringing about the teaching of steelpan playing throughout the UK.
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Steelpan musician; organiser of the Notting Hill Carnival (1936–2012)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selwyn_Baptiste
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2023-12-21T02:00:41Z
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