Doug Carn – The Best Of Doug Carn

This album brings together key tracks from Doug Carn,
recorded for Black Jazz Records in the 1970s.
Doug Carn is one of the most important (and least
recognised) forces in the creation of the canon of deep
and spiritual jazz music, full of powerfully emotive
intensity, consciously-uplifting lyricism and addictively
beautiful melodies.
All of his LPs during this period have since achieved
cult classic status, including ‘Infant Eyes’, ‘Adam’s
Apple’, ‘Spirit of the New Land’ and ‘Revelation’.
Aside from his songwriting and keyboard skills, many
of the tracks here feature the stunning and powerful
five-octave range vocals of Jean Carn (later Carne),
his wife at the time.
Musicians featured on this album include Alphonse
Mouzon, Charles Tolliver, Henry Franklin, Michael
Carvin, Walter Booker, Ronnie Laws and others. Aside
from Carn’s compositions, there are also striking
interpretations of music by Lee Morgan, Miles Davis,
John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Bobby Hutcherson and
Wayne Shorter.