Black Love (Carlos Garnett album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Black Love
| type = Album
| artist = Carlos Garnett
| cover = Black Love (Carlos Garnett album).jpg
| alt =
| released = 1974
| recorded = January 18 and 21, 1974
| venue =
| studio = CI Recording Studio, NYC
| genre = Jazz
| length = 38:33
| label = Muse
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| producer = Carlos Garnett, Joe Fields
| chronology = Carlos Garnett
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Journey to Enlightenment
| next_year = 1974
}}
Black Love is an album by saxophonist Carlos Garnett which was recorded in 1974 and released on the Muse label.[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Muse_5000.htm Muse LP series discography: 5000 to 5049] accessed October 11, 2017[http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Labels/muse.htm Muse Records listing], accessed October 11, 2017[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Carlos_Garnett.htm Jazzlists: Carlos Garnett discography], accessed October 11, 2017
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}
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The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow called it "an interesting if not essential set" and stated "The unpredictable music overall is eccentric, sometimes overcrowded, and very much of the period but it holds one's interest".{{AllMusic|first=Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id=mw0000186790 |title= Carlos Garnett: Black Love – Review |accessdate=October 11, 2017}}
Track listing
All compositions by Carlos Garnett
- "Black Love" – 5:31
- "Ebonesque" – 8:22
- "Banks of the Nile" – 4:15
- "Mother of the Future" – 7:40
- "Taurus Woman" – 12:37
Personnel
- Carlos Garnett – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, vocals
- Charles Sullivan – trumpet
- Mauricio Smith – flute
- Reggie Lucas – guitar (tracks 1, 4 & 5)
- Onaje Allan Gumbs – piano
- Alex Blake (tracks 1, 4 & 5), Buster Williams (tracks 2 & 3) – bass
- Jabali-Billy Hart, Norman Connors (tracks 1 & 3–5) – drums
- James Mtume – congas (tracks 1 & 3–5)
- Dee Dee Bridgewater (tracks 1–4), Ayodele Jenkins (tracks 1–3) – vocals