Marjorie Whylie in performance. Toronto:
LEADING JAMAICAN musician/composer, Marjorie Whylie, captivated her audience with a display of dynamism at the piano when she performed in the Walter Hall of the Edward Johnson Building, Queen's Park.
Whylie told her audience, "A visit to Canada feels like homecoming on two accounts. Four generations of my family have been living here and have been integrated in the community and I am returning to the UWI (University of the West Indies) family which received me with such warmth two years ago."
Then she promised an insightful, interesting, entertaining and relaxing experience and she delivered on her promise.
The first part of the show featured several pieces she described as 'the classics'. They included 'Covering The Immortals' and 'Jamming Thru Jamusic'. She also performed well-known songs in mento, kumina and lovers' rock.
She ended that set with 'Singerman', a hit of the 1970s for which she received wild cheers.
Miss Whylie was joined by the Kalabash Band for the second part of the show. And as part of that presentation, she did 'Selah', which brought back memories of the late keyboard wizard Jackie Mitto.
'La Bam Bam De Bam', with a distinctive Latin beat, brought laughter when members of the audience failed to guess the title.
The show ended with an encore, a beautiful version of the Johnny Mathis standard, 'Misty'.
The evening was organised by Maud Fuller of the local University of the West Indies Alumni Association as a fund-raising event for the Alumni Association's Scholarship Fund.
Eddie J. Grant
- Contributed
