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Carlos Garnett: Cosmos Nucleus

Read "Cosmos Nucleus" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero

by Vincenzo Roggero
March 27, 2026

Nato a Panama nel 1938, Carlos Garnett è stato sassofonista, compositore e bandleader, noto ai più per la partecipazione al classico On the Corner di Miles Davis, benchè le sue frequentazioni fossero sempre improntate all'eccellenza (Art Blakey, Freddie Hubbard, Andrew Hill, Charles Mingus per citarne alcuni). Sull'onda del Davis elettrico, Garnett incide per la Muse dal 1974 al 1978 ben cinque album avviando una personale rivisitazione del mondo del jazz elettrico con un approccio che mescolava spiritual jazz, ...

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Carlos Garnett: Cosmos Nucleus

Read "Cosmos Nucleus" reviewed by Pierre Giroux

by Pierre Giroux
November 8, 2025

When Cosmos Nucleus first appeared in 1976 on Muse Records, it was the kind of album that seemed to evoke various idioms. It was a bold statement that drew strength from jazz's spiritual core while speaking in the electrified dialect of funk and fusion. Tenor saxophonist Carlos Garnett, a Panamanian-born firebrand who had sharpened his skills alongside Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard, and Art Blakey, conceived this project as both a personal revelation and a cosmic exploration. Nearly fifty years later, ...