Carlos Garnett hailed from Panama but made his name in New York in the 1970’s playing with Norman Connors and recording five great albums under his own name on the Muse label. For his fourth Muse album from 1976, Carlos leads a 25 Piece Big Band ‘Cosmos Nucleus’ making the sound on this album quite different from his other recordings. ‘Saxy’ is about as Funky as a Big Band can be. The Title cut is a 12 minute opus allowing the Band to develop the track as it flows through different sections. ‘Wise Old man’ is a lively highly rhythmic song on which Carlos sings words of wisdom. The killer cut is ‘Mystery of Ages’ an incredible vocal cut with a mystical feel that has become an underground club anthem for the past 20 years, one of the highlights of his career which stills sounds incredibly fresh 50 years later. Great music to really get into.