in music by listening to his arrangements of Ska and Reggae music followed by his more serious Caribbean-styled piano etudes. His musical portfolio includes:

CDs
Composed, produced and arranged by Carlos Malcolm

1.    Mento Moments
2.    Rucumbine
3.    Space Flight
4.    Skamania
5.    Bustin’ Outta the Ghetto
6.    Caribbean Diaspora
7.    Skatology
8.    Pat Campbell Sings for Lovers
9.    5 Caribbean Piano Etudes Volume I
10.  5 Caribbean Piano Etudes Volume II

In the world of Reggae Music Carlos Malcolm is known as a major influence in the development of Jamaican Ska Music, the grandfather of Reggae Music.  Carlos Malcolm was born in Panama and taken to Jamaica when he was two years old.   Carlos’ Jamaican father, Wilfred Malcolm, was employed as a bookkeeper by the Panama Canal Company.  As most Jamaicans did, Carlos’ father sent his five children back to Jamaica  to be educated.   As a young man growing up in Jamaica and Panama, Carlos was exposed to a diversity of Jazz and Afro-Cuban music.  As a young musician he witnessed as Jamaican music producers tried to duplicate the New Orleans and Shuffle rhythms, which eventually blended with Jamaican Mento Music.

(L to R) Rico Rodriguez, Don Drummond, Carlos Malcolm, Rupert Anderson

Carlos’ father was also trombonist/bandleader, played a mean Dixieland trombone. He taught his son to play the trombone and gave Carlos his first lessons in harmony.