Ken Johnson

Trinidad
Steel pans, percussion

Ken has played steel pans since he was a young boy and has toured extensively in Europe over the past four decades.

He has performed with Arrow, Courtney Pine, Charlie Mariano, Sam Rivers, and many calypso groups and is a regular fixture at Montreux Jazz Festival.

Ken has been a Grand Union member since 1984, appearing on four of our albums, including The Song Of Many Tongues and Freedom Calls.