1. Black Love
2. Ebonesque
3. Banks of the Nile
4. Mother of the Future
5. Banks of the Nile
6. Taurus Woman










1. Dancing Daffodils
2. Blues for John C.
3. My One And Only Love
4. Happy Children Song                                
5. What
6. Under Nubian Skies  
7. Epitapher Zackerism
8. Mango Walk
9. Down & Up Again


1. Moon Shadow
2. Giant Steps
3. Delilah
4. Manha de Carnaval       
5. McCoy Next Block      
6. The Shadow of Your Smile
7. My Favorite Things
8. Salsa Blue
9. Softly as in a Morning Sunrise
Fuego En Mi Alma

1. Fuego en Mi Alma (Fire in My Soul)
2. Catch Me If You Can
3. Eternal Justice
4. Little Sunflower
5. U R D 1 4 Me
6. Love Thy Neighbor
7. Mystic Moon
8. Shalome


1. Resurgence
2. Maiden Voyage
3. Herbie Hancock
4. Panamoon (Pt. 1)
5. Panamoon (Pt. 2)
6. Song in My Head
7. Yahrushalom
8. Soul Eyes
9. Dawid



1. Saxy
2. Cosmos Nucleus
3. Wise Old Men
4. Mystery of Ages           
5. Kafira
6. Ded-Stuy Blues


1. Lil' Dear
2. Bolerock
3. The New Love
4. Uncle Ben and Aunt Jemina
5. Dance of the Virgins
6. Memories of Coltrane



1. Journey To Enlightenment     
2. Love Flower
3. Chana
4. Caribbean Sun
5. Let Us Go (To Higher Heights)

   
1. Panama Roots
2. Samba Serenade      
3. Let This Melody Ring On
4. Ghetto Jungle
5. Good Shepherd     
6. Senior Trane



1. It's Summertime

2. It's Summertime (Summer Club Dub)
Fire
 
1. Chana 
2. Saxy
3. Señor Trane
4. Let Us Go (To Higher Heights)
5. Memories of Coltrane 
6. Taurus Woman
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)

BIOGRAPHY

 

 

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

Carlos Garnett (born December 1, 1938)[1] is a Panamanian-American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger, and jazz group leader.[2]

Garnett was born on December 1, 1938, in Red Tank, Panama Canal Zone.[3] He became interested in jazz music after hearing Louis Jordan's and James Moody's music in film shorts.[4] He taught himself to play the saxophone as a teenager and played with soldiers from the nearby United States Army base.[5] In 1957 he started playing in calypso and Latin music groups.[3]

After moving to New York in 1962 Garnett played in a rock 'n' roll group led by Leo Price. Around this time he also started learning music theory, being self-taught and having always played by ear.[4] Jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard hired Garnett in 1968 and introduced him to many New York musicians. Garnett's first recording was Hubbard's 1969 album A Soul Experiment, which contained two original compositions by him.[4]

In the late 1960s and early 1970 Garnett also played with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Charles Mingus and Miles Davis.[3] He also led his own group called the Universal Black Force.[5] His group recorded five albums between 1974 and 1977.[3] In 1982 Garnett, suffering from depression and drug abuse, experienced a spiritual awakening and stopped playing music for years.[4] He began performing again in 1991[3] and released the albums Fuego en mi alma (1996), Under Nubian Skies (1999) and Moon Shadow (2001).[6] In 2000 he moved back to Panama, where he continues to perform actively.[4]

Garnett has assumed the role of Maestro, "Teacher", to pass on to the next generation of young musicians in Panama, the music of jazz. As he continues to perform, he has performed at three (3) editions of the annual Panama Jazz Festival. The 9th Annual Panama Jazz Festival in 2012, organized by Panamanian pianist Danilo Perez, was dedicated to Carlos Garnett in recognition of his contribution to music.

He has been invited to perform in Japan, where they were interested in his earlier "funk" music, and in Austria twice. His latest CD is titled after his daughter, "Shekina's Smile." It also features "Sunset Dream" inspired by the peaceful and beautiful property owned by friends in the mountains of Chame, Panama.