Master drummer Michael Carvin waited eight years after releasing his last album to add another recording to his impressive catalog, for one simple reason. “I just didn’t feel like it. I wanted to take a break,” explains the 70-year-old Carvin, whose talents have been on display for five decades, through his work with such artists as BB King, Freddie Hubbard, Dizzy Gilespie, Pharoah Sanders, Hampton Hawes, McCoy Tyner, Illionois Jacquet, Pat Martino, and Jackie Maclean, as well as on ten albums as a leader.
Now, with the August 19 release of Flash Forward, his debut release on Motema Music and his first with his new band, Michael Carvin Experience, Carvin is eager to impress fans old and new with a reinvigorated sound, one which layers a modern approach over a strong traditional foundation.
