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Carlos Garnett was a Panamanian American jazz tenor saxophonist, flutist, composer, arranger, and singer, born on December 1, 1938, in Red Tank, Panama Canal Zone. He passed away on March 3, 2023. Influenced by Panamanian Latin music, the jazz scene, his West Indian heritage, and calypso music, Garnett moved to New York in 1962. There, he participated in jam sessions with emerging icons and played in jazz organ trios and rock groups. Throughout his career, Garnett played and recorded with notable musicians, including during the years 1968-1970 with various groups. He led large ensembles that combined jazz with samba, Afro-Cuban, calypso, and rock, and his group The Universal Black Force was a significant presence in the Afrocentric and Afrofuturist movements of the early 1970s. In the mid-1970s, he released five albums on Muse, starting with his well-known album "Black Love," which featured tracks like "Mother Of The Future" and "Banks Of The Nile." He collaborated on several albums throughout the 1970s, providing arrangements and compositions, and worked with various artists. In the 1980s, Garnett recorded infrequently, but he returned in the 1990s with new music, releasing albums such as "Resurgence," "Fuego En Mi Alma," "Under Nubian Sk

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