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. It remained in the chart for eight weeks. Although this was Malcolm's only mainstream chart success, his vocal and dub discomix records made a significant impact on the reggae charts in 1977 with his releases Repatriation ( aka True Born African) and Take a Tip From Me, both recorded with Ranking Trevor for King Sounds' Grove Music conscious roots reggae record label, securing his reputation with the Lloyd Coxsone and Jah Shaka sound system followers of the time. Pat Kelly's Butterflies ( 'B'-Side to Johnny Osbourne's "Long Long Life"), and on "God Son" Glen Brown's album, The Way to Mt. Zion.