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Panamanian altoist Ward. He seemed to be neither a screamer nor a singer, but a talker. He seemed to be engaged in some kind of a dialog with himself, playing a rapid series of terse, self-contained, but related phrases. I liked Ward; his ear is different. I
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come and sit in with him a couple of nights... I would go to the hotel and meet with
Pharoah and Raphael , and they were talking about vegetarianism." Ward can be heard as part of this group on the Coltrane album
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couldn't sort out his influences in this cauldron, however, and I look forward to hearing him in a smaller group." On
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Project. He led his own quartet in 1987, and, in the 1990s, recorded three additional albums under his own name.
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Carlos Ward in
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1164:"Jazz: Carlos Ward's Quartet"
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243:Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)
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1123:The John Coltrane Reference
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247:Jazz Composer's Orchestra
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901:Jazz Composers Orchestra
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685:Dollar Brand at Montreux
280:and was a member of The
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405:Paradise in Gazankulu
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408:(EMI, 1988)
375:Rashied Ali
288:Discography
260:Jimmy Lyons
227:Rashied Ali
160:Eric Dolphy
156:Karl Berger
125:Panama City
97:Carlos Ward
36:May 1, 1940
20:Carlos Ward
1219:Categories
1203:27 October
1189:"ECM 1048"
989:References
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764:Nick Mason
748:Teo Macero
732:Frank Lowe
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544:Don Cherry
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334:As sideman
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