Shake Keane Quintet has been played on NTS in shows including Patrick Forge, featured first on 19 August 2019. Songs played include Bossa Negra.

Ellsworth McGranahan Keane (aka "Shake Keane")(30 May 1927, Kingstown, St Vincent, West Indies – 11 November 1997, Oslo, Norway) was a jazz musician, poet and government minister. He is most well known today for his role as a jazz trumpeter, principally his work as a member of the ground breaking Joe Harriott Quintet (1959-1965).

Early life in St Vincent

Keane attended Kingstown Methodist School and St Vincent Grammar School. During his early adulthood in St Vincent, his principal interest was poetry and literature,…