Carl Malcolm

Carl Malcolm (born 18 July 1952) is a Jamaican reggae and conscious roots singer and percussionist.

Biography

Malcolm initially learned the keyboard, picking up skills on the instrument at his local Methodist church. He attended St. Elizabeth Technical High School before moving to Kingston, where he worked for a shoe company and was a reservist in the Jamaica Defence Force. In 1965 he joined his first group, The Volcanoes, alongside Al Brown, the pair staying together until 1969. Malcolm then gave up music while he continued his studies, but returned when he joined the group Big Relations, led by Sister Mary Ignatius Davies of Alpha Boys' School protege, the trumpet & flugelhorn player, Jo Jo Bennett. Malcolm recorded briefly as a solo artist, recording the social consciousness-aware liberation tune, Father Free Us, with Cedric Brooks versioning Satta on the 'b' side, for Clement "Coxsone" Dodd's Studio One label, before spending time in the United States.

On his return to Jamaica he was employed by Rupie Edwards as the branch manager of the Success Records store at Half Way Tree. In 1972, Malcolm began working with Rupie Edwards as his producer, releasing a soulful, early reggae...

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