Carlos Malcolm

Carlos Malcolm is a Jamaican trombonist, percussionist and bandleader who was most popular in the late 1950s and 1960s. Carlos Malcolm was born in Panama c.1935 to Jamaican parents and grew up in Kingston. His father, Wilfred Malcolm , went to Panama  and worked as a bookkeeper  in  the Panama Canal Zone. He became a prominent business man in the city of Colon, established homes in both countries and sent his 5 children back to Jamaica to be educated.  Having studied the liturgy and music of the Anglican (Episcopalian) Church, Wilfred Malcolm was an Anglican Church choir director for many years. He also played  trombone in the “Jazz Aristocrats”, a Panamanian Dixieland  band for which he was manager, and  he took the band to Jamaica in...