By Anselma Aimable
Caribbean Net News St Lucia Correspondent
brought to you by: AHMTRAVEL.COMCASTRIES, St Lucia -- At the recently held Jazz in the South hosted by Labowi Promotions in St Lucia, the Rhea Drakes Trio had the crowd singing and dancing along to their jazzy rhythms. The trio is lead by classical and jazz pianist, Rhea Drakes who is born of St Lucian and Barbadian parentage and also comprises Kirk Layne - bass guitarist and Petra Welch - drummer.
During the trio's hour long presentation at the Rudy John Beach Park, Drakes played distinct jazz rhythms to several popular Caribbean tunes including "Waiting in Vain" by Bob Marley, "Charlotte Street" by pannist Ray Holman and "Roxy Round-about" was a tribute piece dedicated to the memory of pianist Adrian Clarke who passed away last year.
In a specail interview with Caribbean Net News, Drakes said she was overwhelmed with joy and love from the audience and the trio thoroughly enjoyed performing to the participatory crowd. Drakes also indicated that she is looking forward to perform on main stage jazz in the future.
In 2004, she performed her debut concert with the Rhea Drakes Trio in St Lucia under the patronage of Governor General, Dame Pearlette Louisy. Then the following year she performed with International pannist Ray Holman at the 2005 Barbados Pan Festival. Later that year, Rhea was one of the winners of the Caribbean Court of Justice song competition where she performed the winning song at The Court’s Inauguration ceremony in Trinidad and Tobago.
She was also one of the featured pianists in the Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation 2007 Music Makers television series. Drakes has also performed in the United States, Canada, The Barbados Pan Festival 2007 with the Ray Holman Quintet and at The 2007 Martinique Jazz Festival with the Luther Francois Quintet.
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