Con­cert go­ers in the Unit­ed States were treat­ed to a unique and spe­cial per­for­mance by two of Trinidad's great­est mu­si­cians. Ken Philmore (Pro­fes­sor) played an amaz­ing set of mu­sic with gui­tarist Steven Springer and Trop­i­cool­jazz at the re­cent Yp­si­lan­ti Her­itage Fes­ti­val in Michi­gan. Springer, has record­ed dozens of al­bums with some of the biggest names in Caribbean mu­sic and jazz. Philmore is wide­ly re­gard­ed as one of the top steel-drum soloists in the world.

Al­so play­ing in Trop­i­cool­jazz were Nor­ris George, an­oth­er well-known steel drum play­er from Trinidad, who orig­i­nal­ly played with Es­so Tripoli Steel Band, as well as Dec­tor Scott and Fred Reif on per­cus­sion. The crowd loved every mo­ment of the con­cert. "The mu­sic was so sweet, I thought I had gone to par­adise," said one of the peo­ple in at­ten­dance. "I have bev­er heard more beau­ti­ful mu­sic in my en­tire life." Af­ter the con­cert in Yp­si­lan­ti, the two mu­si­cians hur­ried to De­troit to play at an­oth­er fes­ti­val on Belle Isle. Philmore is billed as a head­line act at the first ever T&T-style Car­ni­val to be held in South Africa, in De­cem­ber. Aside from par­tic­i­pa­tion by some top lo­cal mas ar­ti­sans and de­sign­ers, al­so ex­pect­ed to be on the tour is Sagi­cor Ex­o­dus, with arranger Pel­ham God­dard and man­ag­er Ainsworth Mo­hammed.