Steelpan musician; organiser of the Notting Hill Carnival (1936–2012)
Selwyn Baptiste (10 July 1936 – 5 January 2012)[1] 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,[2] and early organizer of London's Notting Hill Carnival.[3] 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.[4]
^"Tributes to carnival organiser". Westminster Chronicle. 9 January 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
^Cohen, Abner (1993). Masquerade politics: explorations in the structure of urban cultural movements. University of California Press. p. 29. ISBN 978-0-520-07838-3.
^James, Winston; Clive Harris (1993). Inside Babylon: The Caribbean Diaspora in Britain. London: Verso. pp. 225–227. ISBN 978-0-86091-471-6.
^Pavlova, "Tribute to Selwyn Baptiste 1936 – 2012", Notting Hill Post (originally "Pavlova Diaries"), 27 January 2012.
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