Published:
Sunday, December 13, 2015
The sudden passing of “Raf,” a most respected and adventurous Caribbean iconic musician, is for me a great loss to the kaiso, jazz music direction.
For me, Raf was more than a pianist/composer. He was an intellectual who always had another view point on music that inspired and stimulated my imagination. He recorded and performed one of my first kaiso jazz iconic compositions, Fancy Sailor that has become a Caribbean kaiso jazz standard.
We were regularly in touch up to two months before his passing. His contribution to the kaiso jazz music direction is unquestioned. He will be missed.
May God have mercy on his soul and may he rest in peace.
Clive Zanda
Composer/Pianist