17 Facts About Carlos Malcolm

Carlos Malcolm OD was born on c 1934 and is a world renowned Jamaican trombonist, percussionist and bandleader who helped cultivate the infamous Jamaican genres of music known as Ska and Reggae.

Carlos Malcolm was born in Panama c 1935 to Jamaican parents and grew up in Kingston.

Carlos Malcolm became a prominent business man in the city of Colon, established homes in both countries and sent his five children back to Jamaica to be educated.

Carlos Malcolm played trombone in the "Jazz Aristocrats," a Panamanian Dixieland band for which he was manager, and he took the band to Jamaica in 1936.

Wilfred Carlos Malcolm had quite a collection of eclectic music that extended from Bach and Handel to Duke Ellington and Count Basie.

Carlos Malcolm recognized Malcolm's natural gift for creating and arranging music and supported his son's desire to pursue an education in the arts.

Carlos Malcolm studied music at the Conservatory of Music in Panama.

Carlos Malcolm was among the first cadre of writers, producers and musicians to develop and showcase local talent in the performing arts on live shows broadcast from local theatres, produced by the newly constructed Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation.

The popular Jamaican Hit Parade program partially developed by Carlos Malcolm, spawned and influenced the careers of many Jamaican artists such as Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley, who later became international Jamaican music icons.

In 1962 Carlos Malcolm became the first musical director of the Jamaica National Dance Theatre Company created by Dr Rex Nettleford of the University of the West Indies, for which Carlos Malcolm and Oswald Russell created original works for the debut performance of the Company at the Inaugural Celebrations of Jamaica's Independence.

In 1963 Eon Production went to Jamaica to film Dr No, the first James Bond movie, and employed Carlos Malcolm to write incidental tropical music for the film.

Carlos Malcolm was appointed Director of "Island Content" of the musical score.

Carlos Malcolm went back to publishing and worked for a large newspaper in Orange County, California, selling display advertising.

In 1998 Carlos Malcolm collaborated with US violinist and producer Robert Michael Way, aka "Zimbobway", on a projected pair of albums, The Return of Skalypso and No Forget The Bamboo Man.

In 1999, Carlos Malcolm was appointed an Artist in Residence by the California Arts Council for the City of San Diego, California.

Since relocating to Florida in the mid-2000s, Carlos Malcolm continues to write and animate learning modules for his alternate education programs using original songs, and has more than 100 compositions and arrangements featured on amazon.

Carlos Malcolm completed his book, Carlos Malcolm- A Personal History of Post-war Jamaican Music: New Orleans Jazz, Blues to Reggae exclusively sold on Amazon.