Looking For: Carlos Garnett - Let This Melody Ring On

[felser]

Don't know that this ever has come out on CD, but I also didn't think that Garnett's 'Journey To Enlightenment' had either, but I'm here listening to a Sony CD of it right now. LP was originally released on Muse in 1975. Any leads on getting 'Melody' on CD would be greatly appreciated, as I always really liked these two Garnett albums, which included an interesting vocalist named Ayodele Jenkins (Garnett also sings - very well, in harmony). As Dusty Groove would say, they they were very spiritual, and were landmark recordings for me. The best comparison I can think of is a cross between the early 70's Gary Bartz recordings where he sang and the Doug and Jean Carn albums on Black Jazz as well as the Norman Connors version of "Mother of the Future", but they are a little different than that rhythmically, with a Hubert Eaves/Reggie Lucas/Anthony Jackson/Howard King/two percussionist rhythm section on 'Journey'. Eaves and King of course played with Bartz around that era, but there is less of a funk and more of a Carribean feel in the rhythm (Garnett comes from Panama). Anyways, thanks for any leads on the 'Melody' CD.

Edited October 1, 2008 by felser