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Garnett, Carlos

LC control no.n 91048538
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LC classificationML419.G365 Biography
Personal name headingGarnett, Carlos
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Variant(s)Mango Tree Musician
Associated countryPanama
Associated placeUnited States
Birth date1938-12-01
Place of birthRed Tank (Panama)
AffiliationJazz Messengers
Profession or occupationJazz musicians Saxophonists Music teachers
Found inKenyatta, R. Terra nova [SR] p1973: container (Carlos Garnett)
Grove music online, Aug. 25, 2008 (Garnett, Carlos; b. Dec. 1, 1938, Red Tank, Panama Canal Zone; American tenor saxophonist)
African American National Biography , accessed January 28, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Garnett, Carlos; jazz musician, saxophonist; born 01 December 1938 in Red Tank, Panama; the association with Freddie Hubbard launched his career in jazz; made his recording debut on Hubbard's A Soul Experiment and spent 1969-1970 touring as a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers; member of Miles Davis's fusion group (1972); five albums of his own (1974-1977); moved back to his native Panama, where he became a music educator)
Mango Tree Musician, 2024: ecip title page (Carlos Garnett) ecip galley (Carlos liked to refer to himself as “the Mango Tree Musician” [...] He grew up climbing them and eating so much mango people would call him mango belly. “The Mango Tree Musician” also represents him as a self- taught musician and as someone streetwise.