Carlos Ward
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His first instrument was the clarinet at age 13 when he lived in Seattle, Washington. 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, although not appearing on any records.
He had 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.
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 .
Partial discography
- Carla Bley - Dinner Music (1976)
- Dollar Brand (Abdullah Ibrahim) - African Marketplace (1980)
- Dollar Brand (Abdullah Ibrahim) - Dollar Brand At Montreux (1980)
- Abdullah Ibrahim - Water From An Ancient Well (1985)
- Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya - African River (1988)
- Don Cherry - Multikulti (1990) - (on two tracks) (*)
- Ed Blackwell Project - Vol. 1 "What It Is?" (*)
- Ed Blackwell Project - Vol. 2 "What It Be Like?" (*)
- Don Pullen & The African-Brazilian Connection - Kele Mou Bana (1991)
- Don Pullen's African-Brazilian Connection - Ode To Life (1993)
- Don Pullen's African-Brazilian Connection - Live... Again (1993)
(*) - including compositions by Ward
