''Let This Melody Ring On'' is an album by saxophonist
Carlos Garnett
Carlos Garnett (born December 1, 1938) is a Panamanian-American jazz saxophonist.
Biography
Garnett was born on December 1, 1938, in Red Tank, Panama Canal Zone. He was interested in jazz after hearing the music of Louis Jordan and James Mood ...
which was recorded in 1975 and released on the
Muse
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Muses ( grc, Μοῦσαι, Moûsai, el, Μούσες, Múses) are the inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts. They were considered the source of the knowledge embodied in the ...
All compositions by Carlos Garnett except where notd
# "Good Shepherd" – 4:30
# "Panama Roots" – 9:30
# "Ghetto Jungle" (Garett, Carlos Chambers) – 5:20
# "Señor Trane" – 7:35
# "Samba Serendade" – 6:33
# "Let This Melody Ring On" – 6:44
Personnel
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Carlos Garnett
Carlos Garnett (born December 1, 1938) is a Panamanian-American jazz saxophonist.
Biography
Garnett was born on December 1, 1938, in Red Tank, Panama Canal Zone. He was interested in jazz after hearing the music of Louis Jordan and James Mood ...
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tenor saxophone
The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...
ukulele
The ukulele ( ; from haw, ukulele , approximately ), also called Uke, is a member of the lute family of instruments of Portuguese origin and popularized in Hawaii. It generally employs four nylon strings.
The tone and volume of the instrumen ...
, vocals
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Olu Dara
Olu Dara Jones (born Charles Jones III, January 12, 1941) is an American cornetist, guitarist, and singer. He is the father of rapper Nas.
Early life
Olu Dara was born Charles Jones III on January 12, 1941 in Natchez, Mississippi. His mother, E ...
– trumpet
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Kiane Zawadi
Bernard Atwell McKinney, later Kiane Zawadi (born November 26, 1932) is an American jazz trombonist and euphonium player, one of the few jazz soloists on the latter instrument.
Biography
McKinney was born into a family of ten children, several of ...
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trombone
The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate ...
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euphonium
The euphonium is a medium-sized, 3 or 4-valve, often compensating, conical-bore, tenor-voiced brass instrument that derives its name from the Ancient Greek word ''euphōnos'', meaning "well-sounding" or "sweet-voiced" ( ''eu'' means "well" o ...
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Reggie Lucas
Reginald Grant Lucas (February 25, 1953 – May 19, 2018)Hubert Eaves – keyboards
* Anthony Jackson – electric bass guitar, contra bass guitar
*James (Fish) Benjamin – bass (tracks 1 & 4)
*Howard King – drums
*Neil Clarke − percussion
*Charles Dalton, Diedre Murray, Howard Hall, Joe Singer, John Blake, Richard Locker – strings
*Prema – vocals