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Carlos Ward
Ancón, Panama
Carlos Ward is credited on 380 releases across 90 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1967–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
380
Pressings credited
90
Albums
7
Decades active
71
In collections
Biography
Carlos Ward (May 1, 1940 – January 16, 2026) was a Panamanian-born American funk and jazz alto saxophonist and flautist. He is best known as a member of the funk and disco band BT Express as well as a jazz sideman.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
380 releases · 90 albums · active 1967–2024
- Performance · 853
- Other credits · 44
- Production · 2
Studios: Grog Kill Studio · Ultra-Sonic Recording Studios · Montreux Jazz Festival · The Village Recorder
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

A Love Supreme: Live In Seattle
2021

Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)
1974

Non-Stop
1975

Jewelz
1997

Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports
1981

Energy To Burn
1976

The History Of Rock
2000

Live At Sweet Basil Vol. 1.
1983

African Marketplace
1980

Dinner Music
1977

The Funky Headhunter
1994

The Mountain
1989

Country Girl
1986

Social Studies
1981

Shout It Out
1978

Shout! (Shout It Out)
1978

Can't Stop Groovin' Now (Wanna Do It Some More)
1976

African Space Program
1974

Relativity Suite
1973

Water From An Ancient Well
1986

Echoes Of Prayer
1975
Frequent collaborators
- B.T. Express
- Abdullah Ibrahim
- Dollar Brand
- Don Cherry
- Various
- Carla Bley
- Sathima Bea Benjamin
- Karl Berger
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