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'''Clive Alexander''' (1939 – 6 January 2022), better known as '''Clive Zanda''', was a [[Trinidad and Tobago]] extempo/kaiso jazz musician and pioneer of the genre.<ref name="Loop">{{Cite web|last=Dowrich-Phillips|first=Laura|date=2022-01-06|title=Kaisojazz pioneer Clive "Zanda" Alexander has died {{!}} Loop Trinidad & Tobago|url=https://tt.loopnews.com/content/kaisojazz-pioneer-clive-zanda-alexander-has-died?fbclid=IwAR2qFa1fte4dUciZVnUpQzUy_MOHlHfQ5TelXNaFIu20E2fuczD__DGqyq8|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-06|website=[[LoopTT]]|language=en}}</ref><ref name = "Peter Ray Blood">{{Cite news|last=Blood|first=Peter Ray|date=2016-11-10|title=The Legacy of Zanda|work=[[Trinidad and Tobago Guardian]]|url=https://www.guardian.co.tt/article-6.2.359946.f0fbff5f51|access-date=2022-01-06}}</ref>
'''Clive Alexander''' (15 June{{citation needed|date=December 2022}} 1939 – 6 January 2022), better known as '''Clive Zanda''', was a [[Trinidad and Tobago]] extempo and kaisojazz musician who was regarded as a pioneer of the genre.<ref name="Loop">{{Cite web|last=Dowrich-Phillips|first=Laura|date=6 January 2022|title=Kaisojazz pioneer Clive "Zanda" Alexander has died {{!}} Loop Trinidad & Tobago|url=https://tt.loopnews.com/content/kaisojazz-pioneer-clive-zanda-alexander-has-died?fbclid=IwAR2qFa1fte4dUciZVnUpQzUy_MOHlHfQ5TelXNaFIu20E2fuczD__DGqyq8|url-status=live|access-date=6 January 2022|website=[[LoopTT]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106183921/https://tt.loopnews.com/content/kaisojazz-pioneer-clive-zanda-alexander-has-died?fbclid=IwAR2qFa1fte4dUciZVnUpQzUy_MOHlHfQ5TelXNaFIu20E2fuczD__DGqyq8 |archive-date=6 January 2022 }}</ref><ref name = "Peter Ray Blood">{{Cite news|last=Blood|first=Peter Ray|date=10 November 2016|title=The Legacy of Zanda|work=[[Trinidad and Tobago Guardian]]|url=https://www.guardian.co.tt/article-6.2.359946.f0fbff5f51|access-date=6 January 2022}}</ref>


== Early life and education==
== Early life and education==
Alexander was born in [[Siparia]], in south Trinidad,<ref name="Jazz2015" /> the first of nine children<ref name = "Rouet">{{cite thesis |last= Rouet |first= Jiselle |date= 2019 |title= Sounding the Transnational: Caribbean Jazz in Trinidad and Tobago |type= Ph.D. |chapter= |publisher= [[University of California, Berkeley]] |docket= |oclc= |url= https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6sw049k3 |access-date= 2022-01-06 }}</ref>{{Rp|page=24}} born to Richard and Louisa Alexander. His father, a shoemaker, guitarist, vocalist and church music leader, was born in [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines|St. Vincent]]. His mother, a homemaker, florist and gospel singer, was born in [[Grenada]].<ref name = "Jazz2015">{{Cite magazine|date=March 2015|editor-last=Campbell|editor-first=Nigel A.|title=Clive Zanda: Portrait of a calypso jazz pioneer|url=https://magazine.jazz.tt/issue1.html|magazine=Jazz in the Islands|publisher=Jett Samm Publishing|pages=16-17|access-date=2022-01-06}}</ref> His brother, Carlton Alexander, is a [[steelpan]] arranger<ref name = "Express">{{Cite news|date=2022-01-06|title=Zanda has died|work=[[Trinidad and Tobago Express]]|url=https://trinidadexpress.com/newsextra/zanda-has-died/article_badfb5a4-6ef9-11ec-8c22-8307d705233b.html|access-date=2022-01-06}}</ref> and jazz musician.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bissessarsingh|first=Angelo|author-link=Angelo Bissessarsingh|date=2015-05-24|title=Multi-ethnic population the real wealth|work=[[Trinidad and Tobago Guardian]]|url=https://www.guardian.co.tt/article-6.2.364763.d6e2ca8b10|access-date=2022-01-06}}</ref>
Alexander was born in [[Siparia]], in South Trinidad,<ref name="Jazz2015" /> the first of nine children<ref name = "Rouet">{{cite thesis |last= Rouet |first= Jiselle |date= 2019 |title= Sounding the Transnational: Caribbean Jazz in Trinidad and Tobago |type= Ph.D. |chapter= |publisher= [[University of California, Berkeley]] |docket= |oclc= |url= https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6sw049k3 |access-date= 6 January 2022 }}</ref>{{Rp|page=24}} born to Richard and Louisa Alexander. His father, a shoemaker, guitarist, vocalist and church music leader, was born in [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines|St. Vincent]]. His mother, a homemaker, florist and gospel singer, was born in [[Grenada]].<ref name = "Jazz2015">{{Cite magazine|date=March 2015|editor-last=Campbell|editor-first=Nigel A.|title=Clive Zanda: Portrait of a calypso jazz pioneer|url=https://magazine.jazz.tt/issue1.html|magazine=Jazz in the Islands|publisher=Jett Samm Publishing|pages=16–17|access-date=6 January 2022}}</ref> His brother, Carlton Alexander, is a [[steelpan]] arranger<ref name = "Express">{{Cite news|date=6 January 2022|title=Zanda has died|work=[[Trinidad and Tobago Express]]|url=https://trinidadexpress.com/newsextra/zanda-has-died/article_badfb5a4-6ef9-11ec-8c22-8307d705233b.html|access-date=6 January 2022}}</ref> and jazz musician.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bissessarsingh|first=Angelo|author-link=Angelo Bissessarsingh|date=24 May 2015|title=Multi-ethnic population the real wealth|work=[[Trinidad and Tobago Guardian]]|url=https://www.guardian.co.tt/article-6.2.364763.d6e2ca8b10|access-date=6 January 2022}}</ref>


After completing primary school and obtaining a School Leaving Certificate, Alexander applied for an apprenticeship in the oil fields, hoping to be selected for a drafting apprenticeship. When this did not happen, he took a correspondence course in architecture while assisting his father as a shoemaker. A district engineer, visiting the shop, noticed the quality of his architectural drawings and got him an apprenticeship as a trainee draftsman.<ref name="Rouet" />{{rp|27-28}}
After completing primary school and obtaining a School Leaving Certificate, Alexander applied for an apprenticeship in the oil fields, hoping to be selected for a drafting apprenticeship. When this did not happen, he took a correspondence course in architecture while assisting his father as a shoemaker. A district engineer, visiting the shop, noticed the quality of his architectural drawings and got him an apprenticeship as a trainee draftsman.<ref name="Rouet" />{{rp|27–28}}


In 1959 he migrated to the [[United Kingdom]] where he intended to study architecture.<ref name="Rouet" />{{rp|28-29}}
In 1959 he migrated to the [[United Kingdom]] to study architecture.<ref name="Rouet" />{{rp|28–29}}


==Career==
==Career==
Zanda began making music as a child using homemade cardboard [[Bongo drum|bongos]]. He started taking classical piano lessons when he was 15, but his teacher soon left his to his own devices after he started improvising. In 1960 he moved to London to continue his studies because he did not see music as a viable career path. His experience with live jazz music in London inspired him to purse the musical form. After training with composer Michael Grant he formed his own combo and worked on the fusion of calypso and jazz.<ref name = "Jazz2015"/>
Zanda began making music as a child using homemade cardboard [[Bongo drum|bongos]]. He started taking classical piano lessons when he was 15, but his teacher soon left him to his own devices after he started improvising. He moved to London to continue his studies because he did not see music as a viable career path. His experience with live jazz music in London inspired him to pursue the musical form. After training with composer Michael Grant he formed his own combo and worked on the fusion of calypso and jazz.<ref name = "Jazz2015"/>


Zanda returned to Trinidad and Tobago in 1969 at the height of the [[Black Power]] movement. Working with Scofield Pilgrim, a music teacher at [[Queen's Royal College]], he began hosting workshops he called Gayap sessions, to teach musicians and build a community where musicians could learn from one another. He continued to host Gayap sessions in an annex attached to his architectural firm.<ref name="Rouet" />{{Rp|page=|pages=29–33}}
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After completing his studies, he returned to Trinidad and Tobago where he continued to develop extempo/kaiso jazz.<ref name="Jazz2015" /> He coined the term kaiso jazz to to refer to this fusion of calypso, folk music and jazz.<ref name="Loop" /> In 1976 he released his first album, ''Clive Zanda is Here! With Dat Kinda Ting''.<ref name="Loop" />

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After completing his studies, he returned to Trinidad and Tobago where he continued to develop extempo/kaiso jazz.<ref name="Jazz2015" /> He coined the term kaisojazz to refer to this fusion of calypso, folk music and jazz.<ref name="Loop" /> In 1976 he released his first album, ''Clive Zanda is Here! With Dat Kinda Ting''.<ref name="Loop" /> This was followed by three more albums - ''Piano Vibrations'' (2016), ''Pantastic Visions Revisited'' (2000, 2014), and ''Pan Jazz Conversations'' (2003).<ref name="Rouet" />{{Rp|page=37}}

==Personal life and death==
Zanda died from complications of diabetes on 6 January 2022, at the age of 82.<ref name="Loop"/>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
* {{Discogs artist|Clive Zanda}}
* [https://podcast.jazz.tt/detail3.html?fbclid=IwAR1YMOOK3vBO5j-5tDsWmXdvwx0PdOGeUPUmSdeChjwa0psngHMB4S3a_Ng Interview with Clive Zanda] from ''Jazz in the Islands'' podcast

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Latest revision as of 18:05, 3 October 2023

Clive Zanda
Born
Clive Alexander

1939 (1939)
Siparia, Trinidad and Tobago
Died (aged 82)
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago[1]
OccupationJazz musician

Clive Alexander (15 June[citation needed] 1939 – 6 January 2022), better known as Clive Zanda, was a Trinidad and Tobago extempo and kaisojazz musician who was regarded as a pioneer of the genre.[2][3]

Early life and education[edit]

Alexander was born in Siparia, in South Trinidad,[4] the first of nine children[5]: 24  born to Richard and Louisa Alexander. His father, a shoemaker, guitarist, vocalist and church music leader, was born in St. Vincent. His mother, a homemaker, florist and gospel singer, was born in Grenada.[4] His brother, Carlton Alexander, is a steelpan arranger[1] and jazz musician.[6]

After completing primary school and obtaining a School Leaving Certificate, Alexander applied for an apprenticeship in the oil fields, hoping to be selected for a drafting apprenticeship. When this did not happen, he took a correspondence course in architecture while assisting his father as a shoemaker. A district engineer, visiting the shop, noticed the quality of his architectural drawings and got him an apprenticeship as a trainee draftsman.[5]: 27–28 

In 1959 he migrated to the United Kingdom to study architecture.[5]: 28–29 

Career[edit]

Zanda began making music as a child using homemade cardboard bongos. He started taking classical piano lessons when he was 15, but his teacher soon left him to his own devices after he started improvising. He moved to London to continue his studies because he did not see music as a viable career path. His experience with live jazz music in London inspired him to pursue the musical form. After training with composer Michael Grant he formed his own combo and worked on the fusion of calypso and jazz.[4]

Zanda returned to Trinidad and Tobago in 1969 at the height of the Black Power movement. Working with Scofield Pilgrim, a music teacher at Queen's Royal College, he began hosting workshops he called Gayap sessions, to teach musicians and build a community where musicians could learn from one another. He continued to host Gayap sessions in an annex attached to his architectural firm.[5]: 29–33 

After completing his studies, he returned to Trinidad and Tobago where he continued to develop extempo/kaiso jazz.[4] He coined the term kaisojazz to refer to this fusion of calypso, folk music and jazz.[2] In 1976 he released his first album, Clive Zanda is Here! With Dat Kinda Ting.[2] This was followed by three more albums - Piano Vibrations (2016), Pantastic Visions Revisited (2000, 2014), and Pan Jazz Conversations (2003).[5]: 37 

Personal life and death[edit]

Zanda died from complications of diabetes on 6 January 2022, at the age of 82.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Zanda has died". Trinidad and Tobago Express. 6 January 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d Dowrich-Phillips, Laura (6 January 2022). "Kaisojazz pioneer Clive "Zanda" Alexander has died | Loop Trinidad & Tobago". LoopTT. Archived from the original on 6 January 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  3. ^ Blood, Peter Ray (10 November 2016). "The Legacy of Zanda". Trinidad and Tobago Guardian. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d Campbell, Nigel A., ed. (March 2015). "Clive Zanda: Portrait of a calypso jazz pioneer". Jazz in the Islands. Jett Samm Publishing. pp. 16–17. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d e Rouet, Jiselle (2019). Sounding the Transnational: Caribbean Jazz in Trinidad and Tobago (Ph.D.). University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  6. ^ Bissessarsingh, Angelo (24 May 2015). "Multi-ethnic population the real wealth". Trinidad and Tobago Guardian. Retrieved 6 January 2022.

External links[edit]

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