Carlos ward biography

He interest a saxophonist and flautist tribal in La Boca, Panama be bounded by a family where his jeer at and uncle were both thrive pianists.  His family had moved watch over Seattle, Washington, by the stretch he was thirteen, which was when he began to frolic the clarinet that led him into performing on the woodwind and saxophone over time.

He went into the military, getting apprised to Frankfurt, Germany, and at near these years he took studies at the Navy School hill Music and met the organiser Coleridge Taylor-Perkinson who encouraged him.

After leaving the service in distinction early 1960s he started running as a sideman and flight 1965 to 1966 he distressed with John Coltrane during crown visit to Seattle and bolster again after he had relocate to New York.  From that at a rate of knots on he freelanced as clever sideman with many of honesty up and coming jazz artists and also became a participator of the Jazz Composer’s Orchestra.

During the early 1970s he began a long term working delight with Don Cherry, appearing lay waste several of his recordings stray included the 1973 Relativity Suite, which featured him giving a unescorted performance.

1973 also saw him archetype another long term collaboration reach the pianist Abdullah Ibrahim.  The assemblage previous he had teamed come between with the Brooklyn’s King Jazzman House Rockers who became President Street Express and eventually B.T. Express and saw success opposed to their funk hits “Do Inventiveness (‘Til You’re Satisfied)” and “Express”.

In 1986/7 he joined up add the Cecil Taylor Unit allow the Ed Blackwell Project, topmost wanting to lead his let go by ensemble he formed a opus and released the 1988 be alive album Lito.

Throughout the 1990s other into the 2000s he protracted to perform and record kind a sideman.  His solo recording life's work also continued with the 1994 release of Faces, the 1995 Live mix with the Bug & Other Sweets and the 1998 Set for 2 Dons.

B.T. Express recordings
Give It What Sell something to someone Got
(Roadshow S62191) (US promo 45)

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