The Musical Journey of Dion Parson
Survey of Caribbean Music: MUSIC 311 Exploring Caribbean Connections -- English September 24 2024 Central artist: Dion Parson Description : Within this curated playlist, we dive into the world of Caribbean music focusing on the English region. Highlighting the works of Dion Parson an Grammy-award winning drummer, educator, bandleader and composer. A native from the isles of St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands of the United States. His musical talent ranges from classical, reggae, quelbe, jazz, calypso, mento, and soca. He pays homage to his roots by focusing on jazz and fusing jazz with a panoply of Caribbean music. Each song mentioned will be a combination of music related to Dion Parson and the songs that gave him inspiration. Playlist This piece is called "St. Thomas" which was originally done by Walter Rollins also known as Sonny Rollins. Dion Parson preformed this in as studio along with his band "21st Century" he form the group in 1998. He and his band uses ins...