Carlos Ward

Carlos Ward (born May 1, 1940 in Ancón, Panama) is a funk and jazz alto saxophonist and flautist. He is best known as a member of the Funk and disco band BT Express as well as a jazz sideman.

Carlos Ward
Born (1940-05-01) May 1, 1940
Ancón, Panama
GenresFunk Jazz
Occupation(s)Instrumentalist
InstrumentsAlto saxophone, flute
Associated acts

Biography

Carlos Ward's first instrument was the clarinet at the age of 13 when he lived in Seattle, Washington, where he had relocated from Panama City. Later he attended the Navy School of Music and worked with Albert Mangelsdorff when he was stationed in Germany.

His first major effort was his work with John Coltrane in the period 1965-66,[1] although not appearing on any records. His major contribution was with the 1970s Funk band B.T. Express.

He recorded with Karl Berger's Quartet on ESP (1966), with Henry Grimes and Ed Blackwell. The same quartet, with Dave Holland in place of Henry Grimes, recorded for MIlestone in 1968.

He had a long-lasting association with Don Cherry: from The Third World (also with Abdullah Ibrahim) through his appearance as featured soloist on the 1973 recording of Cherry's Relativity Suite to the band Nu during the 1980s and beyond.

His duet association with pianist Abdullah Ibrahim has also been significant to his career.[2]

Ward was a member of Cecil Taylor's group in the period immediately after altoist Jimmy Lyons death in 1986.

He also was a member of The Ed Blackwell Project, and led his own quartet in 1987.[3]

Discography

As leader
  • 1988: Lito
  • 1994: Faces
  • 1995: Live at the Bug & Other Sweets
  • 1998: Set for 2 Dons

As sideman

With Karl Berger

  • From Now On ESP 1966
  • Tune in Milestone, 1968

With the Ed Blackwell Project

  • What It Is?
  • What It Be Like?

With Carla Bley

With Don Cherry

With Paul Motian

With Don Pullen & The African-Brazilian Connection

With Roswell Rudd and the Jazz Composers Orchestra

With Abdullah Ibrahim

With Rashied Ali

  • New Directions in Modern Music (1971)
gollark: It asks you not to, it would be *mean* to disobey.
gollark: I wonder if you can emulate a USB hub, and have 255 keyboards.
gollark: Well, you know what they say, two keyboards are better than one, so inductively six is particularly good.
gollark: Thusly, safety declines.
gollark: Muahahahaha, it turns out that my laptop's actually good and well-supported wireless card has "monitor mode" capability.

References
  1. Cole, Bill (1976). John Coltrane. Schirmer. ISBN 0-02-870660-9.
  2. Lock, Graham (1994). Chasing the Vibration. Stride. ISBN 1-873012-81-0.
  3. Robert Palmer, "Jazz: Carlos Ward's Quartet", The New York Times, September 21, 1987.
  4. "ECM 1048". ECM Records. Archived from the original on 2014-10-27. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
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