About Carl Gordon

Baltimore City
Carl Gordon Grubbs, alto, soprano and tenor saxophonist - composer, educator, recording artist is a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He received early extensive training from John Coltrane, who was married to his first cousin, Naima. Through his family, he was close to many of the history-making jazz musicians of the 1950's and 1960's. With his brother, Earl Grubbs, he formed The Visitors, a quintet that recorded four albums for the Muse record company in the early 1970's. Carl Grubbs is a… more