A TRIBUTE TO CARLOS GARNETT

Singer, composer, producer, DJ, poet, arranger, Bembe Segue’s influences range from Doug & Jean Karn and pretty much anything on the Black Jazz & Strata East labels, fusing Brazillian and Afro Cuban beats with an ever present hip hop darkness. Throw in a bit of 60’s folk and Charles Stepney-esque vocal arrangements and you might just begin to get the beginnings of the picture of her musical soundscapes.

While growing up in Oakland and Vacaville, California, Teodross’ parents exposed him to a wide range of music including traditional Eastern and Western African music, Soul, Rock, and Jazz. At ten, his father started him with classical guitar lessons. Jolted by the sound of John Coltrane’s ‘Giant Steps,’ Teodross switched to the saxophone at thirteen.

“BROTHER

OF THE

FUTURE!”

Carlos Garnett [December 1, 1938 - March 3, 2023]

Garnett was a Panamanian-American saxophonist, born on in Red Tank, Panama Canal Zone.He became interested in jazz after hearing the music in short films.and taught himself to play saxophone as a teenager and played with soldiers from the nearby U.S. Army base. In 1957 he started playing in local Calypso and Latin music groups

He moved to New York in 1962, and started learning music theory, being self-taught and having always played by ear.

Jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard hired him in 1968 and introduced him to many New York musicians. Garnett's first recording was Hubbard's 1969 album A Soul Experiment, which contained two original compositions by him.

In the late 1960s and early 1970 Garnett also played with Art Blakey, Charles Mingus and Miles Davis. His group recorded five albums in the three years between 1974 and 1977