Hello Everyone:

As we’re going through a cold freeze across the East Coast there are some very heartwarming things happening. I just finished some wonderful workshops and concerts with some very talented and engaging students at The University of Wisconsin- Green Bay, Roosevelt University in Chicago and Emory University in Atlanta. Whenever I visit schools and work with young musicians I am inspired knowing that the future of jazz is in capable hands. Also I appreciate very much the work that the faculty and instructors are doing to continue to mentor the students. More to come on that…..

I am thrilled to announce that I will be performing in New York City in March (27th thru 29th) at Smoke Jazz Club  my band, “The Art of Elvin”. This is a group that I started a few years to pay tribute to Art Blakey and Elvin Jones. The band consisted of Freddie Hendrix (trumpet), Keith Loftis (tenor sax), Eric Reed (piano), Yasushi Nakamura (bass) and yours truly.

Many of you don’t know that in my rare spare time I like to watch the television show Scandal (I rarely watch TV). On a recent episode they said “we stand in the light” I loved that. Stand in the light you all. Keep loving, love trumps hatred and ignorance.

For more information on bookings please contact my personal assistant, Ms. Rebecca Locke at email hidden; JavaScript is required. For general questions feel free to email me at email hidden; JavaScript is required.

Take great care of yourself. Love you all…..

Carl’s up-coming performance schedule has been updated … visit the Tour Dates page to see where Carl is playing next!

See you at a show … and please, keep swingin’!