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Say Brother; Reggae: A Caribbean Cultural Explosion; Sunfire perform "Soka Jame" in the Say Brother studio
Part of Say Brother.
10/05/1979
This clip is an excerpt from the in-studio performance by the reggae group Sunfire of their original tune Soka Jame. Musicians Rolly Gray (lead guitar player, vocals and band leader), Peter J. Adamson (steel drums), Jorge Marrero (drums), Joel Keel (bass guitar), Wayne Keaton (electric keyboards and vocals), and Leon Mobley (congas) perform their own compositions. Overall, the program consists of an in studio performance by the reggae group Sunfire. Musicians Rolly Gray (lead guitar player, vocals and band leader), Peter J. Adamson (steel drums), Jorge Marrero (drums), Joel Keel (bass guitar), Wayne Keaton (electric keyboards and vocals), and Leon Mobley (congas) perform their own compositions and speak with Barbara Barrow-Murray about the variety in Caribbean Islands music: commercial reggae, hard reggae, calypso, and soka. Program includes musical works illustrating these styles. Produced by Barbara Barrow-Murray. Directed by Brian Clarke.
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- Series
- Say Brother
- Program
- Reggae: A Caribbean Cultural Explosion
- Program Number
1002
- Title
Sunfire perform "Soka Jame" in the Say Brother studio
- Series Description
Say Brother is WGBH's longest running public affairs television program by, for and about African Americans, and is now known as Basic Black. Since its inception in 1968, Say Brother has featured the voices of both locally and nationally known African American artists, athletes, performers, politicians, professionals, and writers including: Muhammad Ali, Maya Angelou, Thomas Atkins, Amiri Baraka, Doris Bunte, Julian Bond, Stokely Carmichael, Louis Farrakhan, Nikki Giovanni, Odetta Gordon, Henry Hampton, Benjamin Hooks, Jesse Jackson, Hubie Jones, Mel King, Eartha Kitt, Elma Lewis, Haki Madhubuti, Wallace D. Muhammad, Charles Ogletree, Babatunde Olatunji, Byron Rushing, Owusu Sadaukai, and Sonia Sanchez. Series release date: 7/15/1968
- Program Description
Program consists of an in studio performance by the reggae group Sunfire. Musicians Rolly Gray (lead guitar player, vocals and band leader), Peter J. Adamson (steel drums), Jorge Marrero (drums), Joel Keel (bass guitar), Wayne Keaton (electric keyboards and vocals), and Leon Mobley (congas) perform their own compositions and speak with Barbara Barrow-Murray about the variety in Caribbean Islands music: commercial reggae, hard reggae, calypso, and soka. Program includes musical works illustrating these styles.
- Asset Type
Clip
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Calypso (Music)
- Music--Performance
- Calypso musicians
- Sunfire (Musical group)
- Marrero, Jorge
- Adamson, Peter J.
- Keel, Joel
- Reggae musicians
- Reggae music
- Mobley, Leon
- Keaton, Wayne
- Grey, Rolly
- Genres
- Magazine
- Topics
- Race and Ethnicity
- Creators
- Barrow-Murray, Barbara (Producer)
- Deare, Beth (Associate Producer)
- Clarke, Brian (Director)
- Contributors
- Plausse, John (Lighting Director)
- Ehrman, Sally (Production Secretary)
- Wong, Evelyn (Production Assistant)
- Rivera, George (Lighting Assistant)
- Chigas, Basil (Switcher)
- Wareham, Skip (Stage Manager)
- Gray, Randolph (Lighting Assistant)
- Mackles, Gene (Graphic Designer)
- Harriston, Renee (Intern)
- Smith, Lee (Camera)
- Lewis, Webster (Theme Music)
- MacDonald, Greg (Camera)
- Barrow-Murray, Barbara (Host)
- Mahard, Fran (Scenic Design)
- Merhar, Milan (Videotape Recordist)
- Correia, Dennis (Video)
- Hill, Rebecca (Fashion Consultant)
- Publication Information
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Citation
- Chicago: “Say Brother; Reggae: A Caribbean Cultural Explosion; Sunfire perform "Soka Jame" in the Say Brother studio,” 10/05/1979, GBH Archives, accessed April 26, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_A220535A1A7548CC9E9D2C7512C86720.
- MLA: “Say Brother; Reggae: A Caribbean Cultural Explosion; Sunfire perform "Soka Jame" in the Say Brother studio.” 10/05/1979. GBH Archives. Web. April 26, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_A220535A1A7548CC9E9D2C7512C86720>.
- APA: Say Brother; Reggae: A Caribbean Cultural Explosion; Sunfire perform "Soka Jame" in the Say Brother studio. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_A220535A1A7548CC9E9D2C7512C86720