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. 

[Pim]

 

RIP!

[JSngry]

RIP

[optatio]

Carlos Ward and his quartet performed at the Göttingen Jazz Festival on November 9, 1996, at midnight. After the gig, he wanted to stay at the theater, but his tour manager insisted to take him back to the hotel. I gave him a bottle of red wine to console him... R.I.P.

[clifford_thornton]

52 minutes ago, optatio said:

Carlos Ward and his quartet performed at the Göttingen Jazz Festival on November 9, 1996, at midnight. After the gig, he wanted to stay at the theater, but his tour manager insisted to take him back to the hotel. I gave him a bottle of red wine to console him... R.I.P.

That sounds like the man I interviewed!

[king ubu]

He's great on the two Ed Blackwell albums on Enja as well ... I fell in love with his playing as a kid, hearing his solos on "African Marketplace" again and again - one of my mom's favourite records, and now one of my own favourites.