Carlos Ward

[cliffpeterson]

Jorge Sylvester reported on his Facebook page that Carlos Ward died.

[clifford_thornton]

ugh, that's too bad. Kind man, and a beautiful player.

[colinmce]

RIP. He had the uneviable position of following Jimmy Lyons in Cecil’s group, and I struggle with those albums most in his discography, but never stop coming back to them, I think to find what Ward sought to find in the music. And he had an incredible body of work outside. 

[mikeweil]

I only know him from Abdullah Ibrahim albums, and found him great in that context. R.I.P.

[clifford_thornton]

absolutely; too bad they eventually had a falling out.

Ward's playing with Karl Berger, Don Cherry, Rashied Ali, Cecil, and Paul Motian is also worth hearing.

He did a record with Woody Shaw for Leo Records that's pretty strong.