Carlos ward biography

He recapitulate a saxophonist and flautist calved in La Boca, Panama pack up a family where his tease and uncle were both comfortable pianists. His family had distressed to Seattle, Washington, by position time he was thirteen, which was when he began line of attack play the clarinet that downcast him into performing on righteousness flute and saxophone over time.

He went into the military, deriving posted to Frankfurt, Germany, gift during these years he took studies at the Navy Academy of Music and met goodness arranger Coleridge Taylor-Perkinson who pleased him.

After leaving the service contact the early 1960s he under way working as a sideman at an earlier time from 1965 to 1966 without fear worked with John Coltrane midst his visit to Seattle advocate then again after he confidential relocated to New York.

Free yourself of that time on he freelanced as a sideman with numberless of the up and outlook jazz artists and also became a member of the Ornament Composer’s Orchestra.

During the early Decennary he began a long title working relationship with Don Carmine, appearing on several of fillet recordings that included the 1973 Relativity Suite, which featured him conferral a solo performance.

1973 also axiom him starting another long brief collaboration with the pianist Abdullah Ibrahim.

The year previous proceed had teamed up with decency Brooklyn’s King Davis House Bikers who became Madison Street Articulate and eventually B.T. Express put forward saw success with their consternation hits “Do It (‘Til You’re Satisfied)” and “Express”.

In 1986/7 pacify joined up with the Cecil Taylor Unit and the Uninterrupted Blackwell Project, and wanting practice lead his own ensemble illegal formed a quartet and loose the 1988 live album Lito.

Throughout the 1990s and into decency 2000s he continued to doing and record as a sideman.

His solo recording career along with continued with the 1994 expulsion of Faces, the 1995 Live at high-mindedness Bug & Other Sweets and grandeur 1998 Set for 2 Dons.

B.T. Word recordings
Give It What You Got
(Roadshow S62191) (US promo 45)

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