Remembering Stephen “Cat” Coore Founding Member Of Third World: A Reggae Ambassador And Architect Of Reggae’s Rise
By Jamaican Observer Photos: Facebook It could be safely argued that Mr. Stephen “Cat” Coore [who passed away on Jan. 18] was blessed with his mother’s gift for music. That explains the brilliance he displayed from his early days as a member of Inner Circle band through to the years he blessed Jamaica and the world with his talent as a founding member of Third World band, easily one of this country’s greatest exponents of our culture. His mother, Mrs Rita Angela Innis Coore, was a Trinidadian who studied music and broadcasting at McGill University in Canada and later at the Royal College London. Significantly, she was instructed by Mr Lloyd Webber, whose son Mr Andrew Lloyd Webber became one of the most famous Broadway writers of all time. When he was four years old, Cat Coore — whose father Mr David Coore was deputy prime minister of Jamaica from 1972 to 1976 and also served as finance minister — started showing a liking for music when his mother played it in their house. History records that, on noticing that, she taught him a few simple things on the piano. However, it was the cello that caught his fancy and as such his mother sent him to learn the instrument. Thus began the career of one of Jamaica’s greatest artistes, a musical genius whose creative spirit helped carry reggae from the small island he loved to every corner of the globe. Cat Coore was not merely a participant in reggae’s global rise; he was one of its architects…READ MORE
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By Jamaican Observer
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It could be safely argued that Mr. Stephen “Cat” Coore [who passed away on Jan. 18] was blessed with his mother’s gift for music.
That explains the brilliance he displayed from his early days as a member of Inner Circle band through to the years he blessed Jamaica and the world with his talent as a founding member of Third World band, easily one of this country’s greatest exponents of our culture.
His mother, Mrs Rita Angela Innis Coore, was a Trinidadian who studied music and broadcasting at McGill University in Canada and later at the Royal College London.
Significantly, she was instructed by Mr Lloyd Webber, whose son Mr Andrew Lloyd Webber became one of the most famous Broadway writers of all time.
When he was four years old, Cat Coore — whose father Mr David Coore was deputy prime minister of Jamaica from 1972 to 1976 and also served as finance minister — started showing a liking for music when his mother played it in their house.
History records that, on noticing that, she taught him a few simple things on the piano. However, it was the cello that caught his fancy and as such his mother sent him to learn the instrument. Thus began the career of one of Jamaica’s greatest artistes, a musical genius whose creative spirit helped carry reggae from the small island he loved to every corner of the globe.
Cat Coore was not merely a participant in reggae’s global rise; he was one of its architects…READ MORE
