“Rudy Smith has created a marriage between the most important Afro
Caribbean invention in the world of musical instruments, the steelpan,
with the most important Afro American musical contribution, jazz. More
than that, he has developed a solo style of steelpan playing, which is
completely his own. His technique is dazzling. But it is not a matter of
mere virtuosity. Rudy Smith’s playing bears the same mark of
astonishing inventiveness that created the steelpan.” (Krister Malm)
